Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53220
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 530-1 (l2tpd)
Summary:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 530-1 (l2tpd)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to l2tpd announced via advisory DSA 530-1. Thomas Walpuski reported a buffer overflow in l2tpd, an implementation of the layer 2 tunneling protocol, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed by transmitting a specially crafted packet. The exploitability of this vulnerability has not been verified. For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.67-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.70-pre20031121-2. We recommend that you update your l2tpd package. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20530-1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0649 Bugtraq: 20040604 bss-based buffer overflow in l2tpd (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108640917925735&w=2 Debian Security Information: DSA-530 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-530 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-17.xml XForce ISS Database: l2tpd-writepacket-bo(16326) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16326
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