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Posted on 11 August 2007
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1353-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 11th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tcpdump
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3798
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the BGP dissector of tcpdump,
a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.8.3-5sarge3.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.9.5-2etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.9.5-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 666 e32b72a8df4e27d5006154677c7b097b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12704 0e326644d730276bb4b815d9f37345d9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 300756 54ea3bbd5aa02d32d85c3d8faec2f549
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 256668 8139017aeae727217aef01f3d49b1f34
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 250676 415be1aa1ecd70dcdb2ca2b34f090ef5
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 271786 102e5c7cc4fbe33fe4e7a8d73e2f6ff5
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 238936 1d457b74f3c451d3386c0011c5d3d401
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 352630 f2b0e63005ae8d91e167e1d922d3ed63
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 216930 f369e13bd8ea6461bc4cc773bcca2bed
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 259606 e9de1c9d78d968b670cb928008526d6b
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 272276 e46bc79da49148f51bd33e75571629e3
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 246564 4e9d753a878b422335ae6c2d9b9f16ff
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247366 5ada5e66c61bdc642efad9a13feec449
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 248204 61e64e1e06f9fec8f3bb55b9d49740ce
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 624 f1cb312ffc30a5f23e3b9441f1dc9816
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11790 b142686b5c398d103060bf1c19640062
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 712411 2135e7b1f09af0eaf66d2af822bed44a
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 361418 7d417c516560ae3f491e2a69a2e92852
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 315696 85ab047b978272390e321f7b82b78a54
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 318102 850c71edf0435220ca82a79bdede55c3
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 334214 36e5e7720c0be0c0c65781478e690e58
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 302930 8ca411b3fd819e1128aaf9cfd9e9b236
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 444780 a9d5ef9956acc9faa8d4ad239f11a212
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 333760 7d6136acde3c46d6e4ed842d73f79e2d
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 304530 f0711d43c19850fd71a357f063271343
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 303136 95410cd0a68d9951257512962809cf84
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 309198 4e9f05bce4eee5d56bc57564ea8f79cb
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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