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Fedora 39: FEDORA-2024-272860364f critical: tcpdump denial of service

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Essential security patch for Fedora tcpdump resolving Denial of Service issue, CVE-2024-2398 remedy is part of this update.
Fix for CVE-2024-2397

Summary

Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic.

Tcpdump can capture and display the packet headers on a particular

network interface or on all interfaces. Tcpdump can display all of

the packet headers, or just the ones that match particular criteria.

Install tcpdump if you need a program to monitor network traffic.

Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2024-2397

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora tcpdump Denial of Service CVE-2024-2397

Change Log

* Sun May 5 2024 Michal Ruprich - 14:4.99.4-4 - Resolves: #2274793 - Crafted .pcap file may lead to Denial of Service

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2274793 - TRIAGE CVE-2024-2397 tcpdump: Crafted .pcap file may lead to Denial of Service [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274793

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-272860364f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: tcpdump
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 4.99.4
Release: 4.fc39
URL: http://www.tcpdump.org
Summary: A network traffic monitoring tool

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora tcpdump Denial of Service CVE-2024-2397

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