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Gentoo: GLSA-200505-06 Normal: TCPDump Decoding Flaw DoS

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2005
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Gentoo Linux advisory GLSA 202310-08 details an issue in the OpenSSH implementation that may lead to unauthorized system access.
A flaw in the decoding of network packets renders TCPDump vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-06 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: TCPDump: Decoding routines Denial of Service vulnerability Date: May 09, 2005 Bugs: #90541 ID: 200505-06

Synopsis ======= A flaw in the decoding of network packets renders TCPDump vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack.
Background ========= TCPDump is a tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/tcpdump < 3.8.3-r2 >= 3.8.3-r2
========== TCPDump improperly handles and decodes ISIS, BGP, LDP (CAN-2005-1279) and RSVP (CAN-2005-1280) packets. TCPDump might loop endlessly after receiving m...

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