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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63298
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1712-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rt2400' package(s) announced via the DSA-1712-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rt2400' package(s) announced via the DSA-1712-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the 'Probe Request' packet parser of the Ralinktech wireless drivers might lead to remote denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Please note that you need to rebuild your driver from the source package in order to set this update into effect. Detailed instructions can be found in /usr/share/doc/rt2400-source/README.Debian

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2+cvs20060620-4+etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2+cvs20080623-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your rt2400 package.

Affected Software/OS:
'rt2400' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0282
BugTraq ID: 33340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340
Bugtraq: 20090118 Ralinktech wireless cards drivers vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1712 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712
Debian Security Information: DSA-1713 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713
Debian Security Information: DSA-1714 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995
http://secunia.com/advisories/33592
http://secunia.com/advisories/33699
http://secunia.com/advisories/35743
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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