Summary
The remote host is missing an update to trousers
announced via advisory DSA 2576-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202576-1
Insight
Andy Lutomirski discovered that tcsd (the TPM userspace daemon) was missing a of input validation. Using carefully crafted input, it can lead to a denial of service by making the daemon crash with a segmentation fault.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.5-2+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.9-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your trousers packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0698 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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