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tcpdump vulnerable to buffer overflow via improper decoding of AFS RPC (Rx) packets

Vulnerability Note VU#797201

Original Release Date: 2002-06-07 | Last Revised: 2002-06-12

Overview

A vulnerability exists in tcpdump that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of tcpdump, typically root.

Description

tcpdump is a widely-used network sniffer that is capable of decoding AFS traffic. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in tcpdump's handling of AFS RPC (Rx) packets. Rx is the proprietary remote procedure call (RPC) protocol used by AFS to communicate between AFS processes running on different systems. According to FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:48, this vulnerability is caused by "...incorrect string length handling in the decoding of AFS RPC packets."

Impact

A remote attacker who is able to send crafted AFS RPC (Rx) packets may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a system running tcpdump. If tcpdump is operating in promiscuous mode, the attacker only needs to send packets to the ethernet segment in which tcpdump is running. On Linux systems, tcpdump runs with root privileges. On other UNIX systems, tcpdump may run with root privileges. On Windows 2000 systems, windump can be run with user privileges.

Solution

Upgrade tcpdump

This vulnerability was addressed in July 2001. tcpdump3_6_rel3 and later are not vulnerable. tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier are vulnerable. Obtain an upgraded tcpdump package or apply the appropriate patch from your vendor.


Filter AFS Traffic

Block AFS RPC (Rx) packets destined to hosts (and networks with hosts) running vulnerable versions of tcpdump. AFS services communicate on a number of UDP ports:

7000/udp fileserver
7001/udp callback (cache manager on AFS client)
7002/udp ptserver  
7003/udp vlserver
7004/udp kaserver
7005/udp volserver
7007/udp bosserver
7008/udp upserver
7009/udp rmtsysd (NFS/AFS translator)
7021/udp buserver
7025-65535/udp butc (backup servers)

It may also be possible to instruct tcpdump not to decode packets that use AFS Rx port numbers (ports 7021 and >7025 are not included in this filter):

$ tcpdump not udp port 7000 or 7001 or 7002 or 7003 or 7004 or 7005 or 7006 or 7007 or 7008 or 7009

While blocking AFS Rx traffic into a network may protect internal hosts, it may not protect systems that run tcpdump at the network perimeter, such as an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). Also, it is unclear how tcpdump determines that a given packet should be decoded as an AFS Rx packet. It is likely that tcpdump does not rely on port numbers, and if this is the case then an attacker could easily bypass port filters by using non-AFS port numbers.

Vendor Information

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Conectiva Affected

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

PACKAGE   : tcpdump
SUMMARY   : Several vulnerabilities
DATE      : 2002-05-07 18:23:00
ID        : CLA-2002:480
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 8

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DESCRIPTION
Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. It
uses libpcap, a library which provides a portable framework for
low-level network monitoring. Both are developed by the same
team[1].

 This advisory addresses problems found in both projects.

 tcpdump buffer overflows: during a tcpdump code auditing done by
FreeBSD developers, several buffer overflows were discovered[2] in
tcpdump versions prior to 3.5. New versions (including 3.6.2) are
also vulnerable to another buffer overflow[3] in AFS RPC decoding
functions, as pointed out by Nick Cleaton <nick@cleaton.net>.

 These vulnerablities could be exploited by a remote attacker to crash
the tcpdump process or even execute arbitrary code as the user
running tcpdump (which usually is root).

 libpcap 0.6 has been audited and a better buffer boundary checking
was implemented in several functions, thus making it more safe.

 This upgrade also fixes a lot of minor bugs[4] in both tcpdump and
libpcap. Notice that the number of vulnerabilities and bug fixes
which apply to every version of Conectiva Linux varies accordingly to
the tcpdump/libpcap versions included in it. This update brings all
packages to the most recent version as of this date plus the tcpdump
security patches which have not yet been included in the upstream
stable version (3.6.2).


SOLUTION
All tcpdump users should upgrade their packages immediately. If
you're only using libpcap, you should also consider upgrading since
this new version solves several minor bugs.


 REFERENCES:
1.http://www.tcpdump.org/
2.http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-015.shtml
3.ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc
3.http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt


DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/arpwatch-2.1a11-9U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/libpcap-0.6.2-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/libpcap-devel-static-0.6.2-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/arpwatch-2.1a11-9U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/libpcap-0.6.2-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/libpcap-devel-static-0.6.2-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U51_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/arpwatch-2.1a11-9U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/libpcap-devel-static-0.6.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U60_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/arpwatch-2.1a11-9U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/libpcap-devel-static-0.6.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-1U70_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-4U8_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-4U8_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/libpcap-devel-static-0.6.2-4U8_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-3U8_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-4U8_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-3U8_1cl.src.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades of RPM packages:
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
  (you may also use linuxconf to do this):

 rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates

(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0)

 - run:                 apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en


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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br
unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br
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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

FreeBSD Affected

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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=============================================================================
FreeBSD-SA-00:61                                           Security Advisory
                                                                FreeBSD, Inc.

Topic:          tcpdump contains remote vulnerabilities [REISSUED]

Category:       core
Module:         tcpdump
Announced:      2000-10-31
Reissued:2000-11-06
Credits:Discovered during internal auditing.
Affects:        All releases of FreeBSD 3.x, 4.x prior to 4.2
                FreeBSD 3.5.1-STABLE and 4.1.1-STABLE prior to the
                correction date
Corrected:      2000-10-04 (FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE)
2000-10-05 (FreeBSD 3.5.1-STABLE)
Vendor status:Patch released
FreeBSD only:   NO

0.   Revision History

v1.0  2000-10-31  Initial release
v1.1  2000-11-06  Corrected patch

I.   Background

tcpdump is a tool for monitoring network activity.

II.  Problem Description

Several overflowable buffers were discovered in the version of tcpdump
included in FreeBSD, during internal source code auditing.  Some
simply allow the remote attacker to crash the local tcpdump process,
but there is a more serious vulnerability in the decoding of AFS ACL
packets in the more recent version of tcpdump (tcpdump 3.5) included
in FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE, 4.1-RELEASE and 4.1.1-RELEASE, which may allow
a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the local system
(usually root, since root privileges are required to run tcpdump).

The former issue may be a problem for systems using tcpdump as a form
of intrusion detection system, i.e. to monitor suspicious network
activity: after the attacker crashes any listening tcpdump processes
their subsequent activities will not be observed.

All released versions of FreeBSD prior to the correction date
including 3.5.1-RELEASE, 4.0-RELEASE, 4.1-RELEASE and 4.1.1-RELEASE
are vulnerable to the "remote crash" problems, and FreeBSD
4.0-RELEASE, 4.1-RELEASE and 4.1.1-RELEASE are also vulnerable to the
"remote execution" vulnerability.  Both problems were corrected in
4.1.1-STABLE prior to the release of FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE.

III. Impact

Remote users can cause the local tcpdump process to crash, and (under
FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE, 4.1-RELEASE, 4.1.1-RELEASE and 4.1.1-STABLE prior
to the correction date) may be able to cause arbitrary code to be
executed as the user running tcpdump, usually root.

IV.  Workaround

Do not use vulnerable versions of tcpdump in network environments
which may contain packets from untrusted sources.

V.   Solution

One of the following:

1) Upgrade your vulnerable FreeBSD system to 4.1.1-STABLE or
3.5.1-STABLE after the respective correction dates.

2a) FreeBSD 3.x systems prior to the correction date

Download the patch and the detached PGP signature from the following
locations, and verify the signature using your PGP utility.

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:61/tcpdump-3.x.patch
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:61/tcpdump-3.x.patch.asc

# cd /usr/src/contrib/tcpdump
# patch -p < /path/to/patch
# cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump
# make depend && make all install

2b) FreeBSD 4.x systems prior to the correction date

NOTE: The patch distributed with the original version of this advisory
was incomplete and did not include all of the security fixes made to
the tcpdump utility. In particular, it did not address the remote code
execution vulnerability.

Download the patch and the detached PGP signature from the following
locations, and verify the signature using your PGP utility.

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:61/tcpdump-4.x.patch.v1.1
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:61/tcpdump-4.x.patch.v1.1.asc

# cd /usr/src/contrib/tcpdump
# patch -p < /path/to/patch
# cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump
# make depend && make all install
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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

MandrakeSoft Affected

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
________________________________________________________________________

Package name:           tcpdump
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:032
Date:                   May 16th, 2002
Affected versions:      7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, Corporate Server 1.0.1
                       Single Network Firewall 7.2
________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

 Several buffer overflows were found in the tcpdump package by FreeBSD
developers during a code audit, in versions prior to 3.5.  However,
newer versions of tcpdump, including 3.6.2, are also vulnerable to
another buffer overflow in the AFS RPC decoding functions, which was
discovered by Nick Cleaton.  These vulnerabilities could be used by
a remote attacker to crash the the tcpdump process or possibly even
be exploited to execute arbitrary code as the user running tcpdump,
which is usually root.

 The newer libpcap 0.6 has also been audited to make it more safe by
implementing better buffer boundary checks in several functions.
________________________________________________________________________

References:

 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-015.shtml
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc
________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

 Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
a17ec464d576bdbd870dc6a5d25fc59d  7.1/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
ed780612ab8620e84e8310432a5df0b9  7.1/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
a186519910760e36b7e50456412ab20e  7.1/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.i586.rpm
5e6091d2f916b180ffc80d60e2005a49  7.1/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.src.rpm
a997724147a333e27e72670bff28e5ee  7.1/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.src.rpm

 Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
e39a58560c3ec60a574c63dd9e383fda  7.2/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
4600b4d1a435d17a77560a36e28ddc70  7.2/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
fc014253b27e44c8a230f936d7eadf9e  7.2/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.i586.rpm
5e6091d2f916b180ffc80d60e2005a49  7.2/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.src.rpm
a997724147a333e27e72670bff28e5ee  7.2/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0:
d8deeabab302271054ecad942a14013e  8.0/RPMS/libpcap0-0.6.2-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
b2aa6d27578b8699640b6ed2e76ba228  8.0/RPMS/libpcap0-devel-0.6.2-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
16eac5435d8b8e1075c10d393a2914a5  8.0/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
4b1956a781b1185e693a26037d4804a5  8.0/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.1mdk.src.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  8.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc:
4a4f5cca7fc50d1616b857b89afe3ae3  ppc/8.0/RPMS/libpcap0-0.6.2-3.1mdk.ppc.rpm
11be44f15a54a9654cd48b5b8aed04ba  ppc/8.0/RPMS/libpcap0-devel-0.6.2-3.1mdk.ppc.rpm
68255f8f80d88b91fd488d6379db81df  ppc/8.0/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
4b1956a781b1185e693a26037d4804a5  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.1mdk.src.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1:
39715d1c613144e859f0386ee583377a  8.1/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  8.1/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64:
6331901e596e243099aa6474481ea88a  ia64/8.1/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
8c36a78c9a086c2d582d70d431533650  8.2/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  8.2/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/ppc:
081041c2713a9c76c5bf2fc727a03c45  ppc/8.2/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
683c3b6f0ae7754090cbcf480cd731b0  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 1.0.1:
a17ec464d576bdbd870dc6a5d25fc59d  1.0.1/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
ed780612ab8620e84e8310432a5df0b9  1.0.1/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
a186519910760e36b7e50456412ab20e  1.0.1/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.i586.rpm
5e6091d2f916b180ffc80d60e2005a49  1.0.1/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.src.rpm
a997724147a333e27e72670bff28e5ee  1.0.1/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.src.rpm

 Single Network Firewall 7.2:
e39a58560c3ec60a574c63dd9e383fda  snf7.2/RPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
4600b4d1a435d17a77560a36e28ddc70  snf7.2/RPMS/libpcap-devel-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm
fc014253b27e44c8a230f936d7eadf9e  snf7.2/RPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.i586.rpm
5e6091d2f916b180ffc80d60e2005a49  snf7.2/SRPMS/libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.src.rpm
a997724147a333e27e72670bff28e5ee  snf7.2/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.2-2.2mdk.src.rpm
________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.  The verification of md5
checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one
of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".  A list of
FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:

  rpm --checksig <filename>

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

  https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security@linux-mandrake.com
________________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
 <security@linux-mandrake.com>


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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Red Hat, Inc. Affected

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Red Hat has released Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2001:089.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

tcpdump.org Affected

Updated:  June 12, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Per tcpdump.org CVS annotations [http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-rx.c]: "Don't allow STROUT() to use a negative string length." See also [http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-rx.c?r1=1.22&r2=1.23].

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Caldera Unknown

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Caldera has released Caldera Security Advisory CSSA-2002-025.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Politecnico Di Torino Unknown

Updated:  June 07, 2002

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The Politecnico Di Torino ports tcpdump to the Windows platform as windump. The current (July 2002) version of windump is 3.6.2, which is vulnerable.

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Acknowledgements

The CERT Coordination Center thanks FreeBSD and tcpdump.org for information used in this document.

This document was written by Art Manion.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2001-1279
Severity Metric: 10.94
Date Public: 2001-07-09
Date First Published: 2002-06-07
Date Last Updated: 2002-06-12 21:15 UTC
Document Revision: 45

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