Executive Summary

Summary
Title tcpdump: Integer overflow
Informations
Name GLSA-200707-14 First vendor Publication 2007-07-28
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2007-07-28
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in tcpdump, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code, possibly with root privileges.

Background

tcpdump is a tool for capturing and inspecting network traffic.

Description

mu-b from Digital Labs discovered that the return value of a snprintf()
call is not properly checked before being used. This could lead to an integer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could send specially crafted BGP packets on a network being monitored with tcpdump, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tcpdump, which is usually root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.9.5-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-3798 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3798

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-30 Hijacking a Privileged Thread of Execution
CAPEC-232 Exploitation of Privilege/Trust
CAPEC-234 Hijacking a privileged process

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20493
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20493
Title: DSA-1353-1 tcpdump - integer overflow
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1353-1
CVE-2007-3798
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): tcpdump
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22387
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22387
Title: ELSA-2007:0368: tcpdump security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description: Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0368-04
CVE-2007-1218
CVE-2007-3798
 Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): tcpdump
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771
Title: Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
Description: Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-3798
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 7
Application 1
Os 52
Os 51
Os 3
Os 2
Os 174

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2007-009
File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2007-009.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for tcpdump
File : nvt/sles10_tcpdump.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for tcpdump
File : nvt/sles9p5011066.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for tcpdump MDKSA-2007:148 (tcpdump)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_148.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for tcpdump vulnerability USN-492-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_492_1.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for tcpdump FEDORA-2007-1361
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_1361_tcpdump_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for tcpdump FEDORA-2007-654
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_654_tcpdump_fc6.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200707-14 (tcpdump)
File : nvt/glsa_200707_14.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: tcpdump
File : nvt/freebsd_tcpdump2.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc)
File : nvt/freebsdsa_tcpdump1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1353-1 (tcpdump)
File : nvt/deb_1353_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2007-230-01 tcpdump
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2007_230_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38213 tcpdump print-bgp.c BGP Packet Handling Crafted TLVs Remote Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0387.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071115_tcpdump_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071109_tcpdump_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11696.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-18 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2007-009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_tcpdump-4037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0387.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-492-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-1361.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_tcpdump-4036.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-21 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2007-230-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1353.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-03 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-654.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-02 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_2dc764fa40c011dcaeac02e0185f8d72.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200707-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-27 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-148.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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