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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2645-1 (inetutils - denial of service)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Ovidiu Mara reported in 2010 a vulnerability in the ping util, commonly used by system and network administrators. By carefully crafting ICMP responses, an attacker could make the ping command hangs.
Affected Software
Affected Software
inetutils on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.6-3.1+squeeze2. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9-2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9-2. We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils packages.