Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for tcpdump. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for tcpdump
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24451
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24451/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for tcpdump. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA24318
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandriva Linux 2006
d92b272b29238545670818ca1d03b171
2006.0/i586/tcpdump-3.9.3-1.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
66d13291c325f4c08725ee28fd57c21d
2006.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.9.3-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64
9a66f32f4fd622c3986a80dd447bad10
2006.0/x86_64/tcpdump-3.9.3-1.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
66d13291c325f4c08725ee28fd57c21d
2006.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.9.3-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007
34629bcb6e9ee83b6e9163bd0e3ab889
2007.0/i586/tcpdump-3.9.4-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
ba39819805f0935af53e2ec77b302d14
2007.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.9.4-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64
e0c4b35447b06600387db895f2ecee54
2007.0/x86_64/tcpdump-3.9.4-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
ba39819805f0935af53e2ec77b302d14
2007.0/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.9.4-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:056
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24318:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24318/
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