Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1443-1 tcpreen -- buffer overflows
- Date Reported:
- 03 Jan 2008
- Affected Packages:
- tcpreen
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6562.
- More information:
-
It was discovered that several buffer overflows in tcpreen, a tool for monitoring a TCP connection, may lead to denial of service.
The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain tcpreen.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-0.1etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-0.3.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpreen package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.