Ubuntu Security Notice 3415-2 - USN-3415-1 fixed vulnerabilities in tcpdump for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding tcpdump update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Wilfried Kirsch discovered a buffer overflow in the SLIP decoder in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
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