Vulnerability   
Search   
    Search 324607 CVE descriptions
and 145615 test descriptions,
access 10,000+ cross references.
Tests   CVE   All  

Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58103
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:056 (tcpdump)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to tcpdump
announced via advisory MDKSA-2007:056.

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11
printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted
802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but
it might be stack-based.

Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Affected: 2006.0, 2007.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0

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

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2007:056

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1218
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 22772
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22772
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-352A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1272 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2798
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2799
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:056
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:155
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c?r1=1.31.2.11&r2=1.31.2.12
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916
http://www.osvdb.org/32427
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017717
http://secunia.com/advisories/24318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24354
http://secunia.com/advisories/24423
http://secunia.com/advisories/24451
http://secunia.com/advisories/24583
http://secunia.com/advisories/24610
http://secunia.com/advisories/27580
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2007-46
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-429-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0793
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
XForce ISS Database: tcpdump-print80211c-bo(32749)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32749
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit.

To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.




© 1998-2025 E-Soft Inc. All rights reserved.