tcpdump contains vulnerability in ISAKMP decoding routine

Overview

tcpdump contains a vulnerability in the way it decodes Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) packets.

Description

tcpdump is a widely-used network sniffer that is capable of decoding ISAKMP packets. A vulnerability exists in the way tcpdump parses specially crafted ISAKMP packets.

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Impact

A remote attacker could cause tcpdump to enter an infinite loop or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the tcpdump process.

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Solution

Upgrade or Apply Patch

Upgrade or apply a patch as specified by your vendor.

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Vendor Information

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Debian __ Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 20, 2004

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

Please see DSA-425-1.

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Guardian Digital Inc. __ Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 20, 2004

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

Please see ESA-20040119-002.

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OpenPKG __ Affected

Updated: January 21, 2004

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

Please see OpenPKG-SA-2004.002.

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Red Hat Inc. __ Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 21, 2004

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

Please see RHSA-2004:007.

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SuSE Inc. __ Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 20, 2004

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

Please see SuSE-SA:2004:002.

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Trustix __ Affected

Updated: January 20, 2004

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

Please see TSLSA-2004-0004.

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TurboLinux __ Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 22, 2004

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

Please see TLSA-2004-3.

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tcpdump.org Affected

Updated: January 16, 2004

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

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

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Hitachi __ Not Affected

Notified: January 16, 2004 Updated: January 22, 2004

Status

Not Affected

Vendor Statement

Hitachi HI-UX/WE2 is NOT Vulnerable to this issue.

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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Openwall GNU/*/Linux __ Not Affected

Updated: January 20, 2004

Status

Not Affected

Vendor Statement

Openwall GNU/*/Linux is not vulnerable. We don’t currently ship tcpdump.

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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Apple Computer Inc. Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Conectiva Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Cray Inc. Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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EMC Corporation Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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FreeBSD Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Fujitsu Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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IBM Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Ingrian Networks Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Juniper Networks Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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MandrakeSoft Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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MontaVista Software Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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NEC Corporation Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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NetBSD Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Nokia Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Novell Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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OpenBSD Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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SCO Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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SGI Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Sequent Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Sun Microsystems Inc. __ Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

Sun is currently investigating these issues and we will update this statement once the results of our investigations are known.

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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Wind River Systems Inc. Unknown

Updated: January 20, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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Wirex Unknown

Updated: January 21, 2004

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 CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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References

• <http://www.tcpdump.org/&gt;
• <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2408.txt&gt;
• <http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-007.html&gt;
• <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10636/&gt;
• <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14835&gt;
• <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9423&gt;

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was originally reported by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, in turn, credits George Bakos for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Damon Morda.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2003-0989
Severity Metric:	2.95 Date Public: