Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52674
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-119-1 (tcpdump)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to tcpdump announced via advisory USN-119-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: tcpdump Details follow: It was discovered that certain invalid GRE, LDP, BGP, and RSVP packets triggered infinite loops in tcpdump, which caused tcpdump to stop working. This could be abused by a remote attacker to bypass tcpdump analysis of network traffic. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 3.8.3-3ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 3.8.3-3ubuntu0.2 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-119-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1278 13392 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13392 15125 http://secunia.com/advisories/15125 18146 http://secunia.com/advisories/18146 20050426 tcpdump[v3.8.x/v3.9.1]: ISIS, BGP, and LDP infinite loop DOS exploits. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932 FLSA:156139 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded RHSA-2005:417 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html RHSA-2005:421 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html SCOSA-2005.60 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10159 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10159 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1279 13389 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389 17101 http://secunia.com/advisories/17101 DSA-850 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9601 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1280 13390 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13390 20050426 tcpdump(/ethereal)[]: (RSVP) rsvp_print() infinite loop DOS. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396930 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10732 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10732
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