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Debian Linux: DSA 1353-1 Critical: Tcpdump Integer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2007
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The recent Debian Security Notice DSA 1353-1 concerns a vulnerability related to an integer overflow in tcpdump, which could allow for arbitrary code execution.
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the BGP dissector of tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, may lead to the execution of arbitrary co...
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Summary


For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.9.5-2etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.9.5-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge

Size/MD5 checksum: 666 e32b72a8df4e27d5006154677c7b097b
Size/MD5 checksum: 12704 0e326644d730276bb4b815d9f37345d9
Size/MD5 checksum: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 300756 5...

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