USN-141-1: tcpdump vulnerability
Posted on: 06/21/2005 07:58 AM

A tcpdump update is available for Ubuntu Linux

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-141-1 June 21, 2005
tcpdump vulnerability
CAN-2005-1267
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)

The following packages are affected:

tcpdump

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that certain invalid BGP packets triggered an infinite loop in tcpdump, which caused tcpdump to stop working. This could be abused by a remote attacker to bypass tcpdump analysis of network traffic.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog):

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 10896 4702377c3189048522d6c001c9bc6f20
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3.dsc
Size/MD5: 672 59625b40bdce1e52cdef6f04845f9af2
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 255700 0cd4c99be36a5cb2cb90397ae61678fe

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 234606 d4d65d97e0bc543f163fd3d69dc5f9bb

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 245540 7f674bb7675833678023d791a3b5cecb

Updated packages for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog):

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 10932 426d64f415eb78d225f952126d37d149
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4.dsc
Size/MD5: 672 106d0e1f304bfac046cb5ee92178d03c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 255684 1b772031ea02ddc34540d57c2e887fad

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 234620 1e9c285b47b0639cfa32085665b430aa

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 245566 537c353da73354ba16cef78f2d77e5e9

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