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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200404-03 (tcpdump)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200404-03.

Insight

Insight

There are multiple vulnerabilities in tcpdump and libpcap related to parsing of ISAKMP packets.

Solution

Solution

All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest available version. ADDITIONALLY, the net-libs/libpcap package should be upgraded. # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-libs/libpcap-0.8.3-r1' '>=net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.8.3-r1' # emerge '>=net-libs/libpcap-0.8.3-r1' '>=net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.8.3-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200404-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38206 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46258 http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-008.html

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