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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201510-04
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Severity: Normal
Title: tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 31, 2015
Bugs: #552632
ID: 201510-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in tcpdump, the worst of which
can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service condition or
executive arbitrary code.

Background
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tcpdump is a Tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/tcpdump < 4.7.4 >= 4.7.4

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.7.4”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0261
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0261
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-2153
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2153
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-2154
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2154
[ 4 ] CVE-2015-2155
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2155

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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