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Debian alert DSA-1272-1 (tcpdump)

From:  Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org>
To:  debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] [DSA 1272-1] New tcpdump packages fix denial of service
Date:  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:26:36 +0100

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1272-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 22nd, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : tcpdump Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-1218 Moritz Jodeit discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, which allows denial of service. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-5sarge2. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2. We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 666 90787f78143213411a3d82cebfbca271 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 11825 e7127eec3ec3a93e26bdb26b6665be85 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 300608 d1adf87dd2d3f9f6f237e01197e7dd19 AMD64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 256526 c4ddd7019f02181e76b23343f0814896 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 250608 3e8cc35bef4826ed4e49738fcbcee1cb HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 271650 e05fa598432be127c796d265c09d31c4 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 238766 c6f34cfc4ae54d9014fb04170bfc5ff0 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 352574 9051cb601e4c9af4b86f12d6277b902f Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 216828 5480eb68317d9d0094f5a8f57fdd88b3 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 259444 c5aa363816907aa5a12518335b4a603f Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 272134 81118a6ab19eddd16ce6515e0df5c92c PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 246446 a6baff85c203fd278a22faa24c4454db IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 247336 e314c894f57ff3de0d040f1686d3037f Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tc... Size/MD5 checksum: 248034 4ae6cbc287bae15326b5966fee545fe7 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGAvRnXm3vHE4uyloRAvToAKDBbCqVFaV6YfELF8Dtoce+QDOFDQCcDv7a 9xIsatwf1nJUprKaO2FfYao= =Z5cp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org


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