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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50691
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:027 (tcpdump)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to tcpdump
announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:027.

A vulnerability was discovered by Andrew Griffiths and iDEFENSE Labs
in the tcpdump program. By sending a specially crafted network packet,
an attacker is able to to cause tcpdump to enter an infinite loop. In
addition, the tcpdump developers found a potential infinite loop when
tcpdump parses malformed BGP packets. A buffer overflow was also
discovered that can be exploited with certain malformed NFS packets.

Affected versions: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1,
Multi Network Firewall 8.2,

Single Network Firewall 7.2


Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:027
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0108

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 6974
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6974
Bugtraq: 20030227 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.27.03: TCPDUMP Denial of Service Vulnerability in ISAKMP Packet Parsin (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104637420104189&w=2
Bugtraq: 20030304 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.014] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tcpdump) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678787109030&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:629
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000629
Debian Security Information: DSA-255 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-255
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:027
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/02.27.03.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-032.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-085.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-214.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:0015 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_015_tcpdump.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11434.php
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