| From: |
| Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> |
| To: |
| secure-testing-announce@lists.alioth.debian.org |
| Subject: |
| [SECURITY] [DTSA-35-1] New aircrack-ng packages fix programming
error |
| Date: |
| Tue, 22 May 2007 19:47:27 +0200 |
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Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-35-1 May 16th, 2007
secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Stefan Fritsch
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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Package : aircrack-ng
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem-Scope : remote
Debian-specific: No
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2057
It was discovered that aircrack-ng, a WEP/WPA security analysis tool, performs
insufficient validation of 802.11 authentication packets, which allows the
execution of arbitrary code.
For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version
1:0.8-0.1lenny1
Packages for the alpha, mipsel, and powerpc architectures are still missing and will
be released when they become available.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
1:0.7-3
This upgrade is recommended if you use aircrack-ng.
Upgrade Instructions
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To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
To install the update, run this command as root:
apt-get update && apt-get install aircrack-ng
For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer
to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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