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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2433-1
December 04, 2014
tcpdump vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump.
Software Description:
– tcpdump: command-line network traffic analyzer
Details:
Steffen Bauch discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing OSLR
packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-8767)
Steffen Bauch discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing GeoNet
packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-8768)
Steffen Bauch discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing AODV
packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, reveal sensitive information, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8769)
It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing PPP packets. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-9140)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
tcpdump 4.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
tcpdump 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
tcpdump 4.2.1-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
tcpdump 4.0.0-6ubuntu3.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2433-1
CVE-2014-8767, CVE-2014-8768, CVE-2014-8769, CVE-2014-9140
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tcpdump/4.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tcpdump/4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tcpdump/4.2.1-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tcpdump/4.0.0-6ubuntu3.1
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