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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3798

Original release date:07/16/2007
Last revised:03/07/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/31/2007)
This issue does not affect the version of tcpdump shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250275 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A
Name: TA07-352A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4238
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2578
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-492-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1
External Source: TURBO
Name: TLSA-2007-46
Hyperlink:http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2007-0023
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018434
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434
External Source: BID
Name: 24965
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070720 rPSA-2007-0147-1 tcpdump
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/474225/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0387
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0368
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:016
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:148
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c
Hyperlink:http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1353
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2007-230-01
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200707-14
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-07:06
Hyperlink:http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28136
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27580
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27580
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26521
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26521
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26404
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26404
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26395
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26395
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26286
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26286
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26266
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26266
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26263
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26263
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26231
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26223
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26223
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26168
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26168
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26135
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26135
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-12-17
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
External Source: MISC
Name: http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12
Hyperlink:http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9771

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:tcpdump:tcpdump:3.9.6 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3798