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Gentoo GLSA-201402-22 Moderate: TCPTrack Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202310-15 outlines vulnerabilities in the HTTPClient package, leading to potential remote code execution threats.
A heap-based buffer overflow in TCPTrack might allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in TCPTrack's parsing of command line arguments. This is only a vulnerability in limited scenarios in which TCPTrack is "configured as a handler for other applications."

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security advisory gentoo buffer overflow arbitrary execution tcp connection monitoring

Resolution

All TCPTrack users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcptrack-1.4.2"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 06, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2903 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2903

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-22
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: TCPTrack: Arbitrary code execution
Date: February 21, 2014
Bugs: #377917
ID: 201402-22

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security advisory gentoo buffer overflow arbitrary execution tcp connection monitoring

Synopsis

A heap-based buffer overflow in TCPTrack might allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background

TCPTrack is a simple libpcap based program for live TCP connection monitoring.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/tcptrack < 1.4.2 >= 1.4.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition with a specially crafted command-line argument.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.