CVE-2001-1279 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.

Reference

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065