Debian DSA-1443-1 : tcpreen - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29837

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that several buffer overflows in tcpreen, a tool for monitoring a TCP connection, may lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the tcpreen package.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain tcpreen.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-0.1etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1443

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29837

File Name: debian_DSA-1443.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tcpreen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6562

CWE: 119

DSA: 1443