Description
Francesco Stablum tcpick 0.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain fragmented packets, possibly involving invalid headers and an attacker-controlled payload length. NOTE: this issue might be a buffer overflow or overread.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | tcpick | 0.2.1-3 | — |
| Debian 13 | tcpick | 0.2.1-3 | — |
| Debian 12 | tcpick | 0.2.1-3 | — |
References
- tcpick-writec-dos(26090) vdb-entry
- 17665 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-1466 vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9989610&forum_id=37151