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Debian: DSA-4000-1 Critical: Tcpdump Memory Leak Threats

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2017
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Several security flaws in tcpdump may result in service interruption or allow execution of unauthorized commands. Upgrade is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump, a command-line
network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilities might result in denial
of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.9.0-1~deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.9.0-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.9.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: tcpdump
CVE ID: CVE-2016-7922 CVE-2016-7923 CVE-2016-7924 CVE-2016-7925

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