Secunia Security Advisory - FreeBSD has issued an update for tcpdump. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for tcpdump
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26263
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26263/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
FreeBSD 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/6778/
FreeBSD 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/139/
DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for tcpdump. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
For more information:
SA26135
SOLUTION:
Update your system to the latest 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE, or to the
RELENG_6_2, RELENG_6_1, or RELENG_5_5 security branch, or apply
patches.
FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-07:06/tcpdump.patch
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26135:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26135/
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