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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3415-2 Moderate: Tcpdump Buffer Overflow Issues

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3415-2
September 14, 2017

tcpdump vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump

Software Description:
- tcpdump: command-line network traffic analyzer

Details:

USN-3415-1 fixed vulnerabilities in tcpdump for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the
corresponding tcpdump update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Wilfried Kirsch discovered a buffer overflow in the SLIP decoder
 in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial
 of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
 code. (CVE-2017-11543)

 Bhargava Shastry discovered a buffer overflow in the bitfield converter
 utility function bittok2str_internal() in tcpdump. A remote attacker
 could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash)
 or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13011)

 Otto Airamo and Antti Levomäki discovered logic errors in different
 protocol parsers in tcpdump that could lead to an infinite loop. A
 remote attacker could use these to cause a denial of service
 (application hang). CVE-2017-12989, CVE-2017-12990, CVE-2017-12995,
 CVE-2017-12997)

 Otto Airamo, Brian Carpenter, Yannick Formaggio, Kamil Frankowicz,
 Katie Holly, Kim Gwan Yeong, Antti Levomäki, Henri Salo, and Bhargava
 Shastry discovered out-of-bounds reads in muliptle protocol parsers
 in tcpdump.  A remote attacker could use these to cause a denial
 of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-11108, CVE-2017-11541,
 CVE-2017-11542, CVE-2017-12893, CVE-2017-12894, CVE-2017-12895,
 CVE-2017-12896, CVE-2017-12897, CVE-2017-12898, CVE-2017-12899,
 CVE-2017-12900, CVE-2017-12901, CVE-2017-12902, CVE-2017-12985,
 CVE-2017-12986, CVE-2017-12987, CVE-2017-12988, CVE-2017-12991,
 CVE-2017-12992, CVE-2017-12993, CVE-2017-12994, CVE-2017-12996,
 CVE-2017-12998, CVE-2017-12999, CVE-2017-13000, CVE-2017-13001,
 CVE-2017-13002, CVE-2017-13003, CVE-2017-13004, CVE-2017-13005,
 CVE-2017-13006, CVE-2017-13007, CVE-2017-13008, CVE-2017-13009,
 CVE-2017-13010, CVE-2017-13012, CVE-2017-13013, CVE-2017-13014,
 CVE-2017-13015, CVE-2017-13016, CVE-2017-13017, CVE-2017-13018,
 CVE-2017-13019, CVE-2017-13020, CVE-2017-13021, CVE-2017-13022,
 CVE-2017-13023, CVE-2017-13024, CVE-2017-13025, CVE-2017-13026,
 CVE-2017-13027, CVE-2017-13028, CVE-2017-13029, CVE-2017-13030,
 CVE-2017-13031, CVE-2017-13032, CVE-2017-13033, CVE-2017-13034,
 CVE-2017-13035, CVE-2017-13036, CVE-2017-13037, CVE-2017-13038,
 CVE-2017-13039, CVE-2017-13040, CVE-2017-13041, CVE-2017-13042,
 CVE-2017-13043, CVE-2017-13044, CVE-2017-13045, CVE-2017-13046,
 CVE-2017-13047, CVE-2017-13048, CVE-2017-13049, CVE-2017-13050,
 CVE-2017-13051, CVE-2017-13052, CVE-2017-13053, CVE-2017-13054,
 CVE-2017-13055, CVE-2017-13687, CVE-2017-13688, CVE-2017-13689,
 CVE-2017-13690, CVE-2017-13725)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  tcpdump                         4.9.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-1
  CVE-2017-11108, CVE-2017-11541, CVE-2017-11542, CVE-2017-11543,
  CVE-2017-12893, CVE-2017-12894, CVE-2017-12895, CVE-2017-12896,
  CVE-2017-12897, CVE-2017-12898, CVE-2017-12899, CVE-2017-12900,
  CVE-2017-12901, CVE-2017-12902, CVE-2017-12985, CVE-2017-12986,
  CVE-2017-12987, CVE-2017-12988, CVE-2017-12989, CVE-2017-12990,
  CVE-2017-12991, CVE-2017-12992, CVE-2017-12993, CVE-2017-12994,
  CVE-2017-12995, CVE-2017-12996, CVE-2017-12997, CVE-2017-12998,
  CVE-2017-12999, CVE-2017-13000, CVE-2017-13001, CVE-2017-13002,
  CVE-2017-13003, CVE-2017-13004, CVE-2017-13005, CVE-2017-13006,
  CVE-2017-13007, CVE-2017-13008, CVE-2017-13009, CVE-2017-13010,
  CVE-2017-13011, CVE-2017-13012, CVE-2017-13013, CVE-2017-13014,
  CVE-2017-13015, CVE-2017-13016, CVE-2017-13017, CVE-2017-13018,
  CVE-2017-13019, CVE-2017-13020, CVE-2017-13021, CVE-2017-13022,
  CVE-2017-13023, CVE-2017-13024, CVE-2017-13025, CVE-2017-13026,
  CVE-2017-13027, CVE-2017-13028, CVE-2017-13029, CVE-2017-13030,
  CVE-2017-13031, CVE-2017-13032, CVE-2017-13033, CVE-2017-13034,
  CVE-2017-13035, CVE-2017-13036, CVE-2017-13037, CVE-2017-13038,
  CVE-2017-13039, CVE-2017-13040, CVE-2017-13041, CVE-2017-13042,
  CVE-2017-13043, CVE-2017-13044, CVE-2017-13045, CVE-2017-13046,
  CVE-2017-13047, CVE-2017-13048, CVE-2017-13049, CVE-2017-13050,
  CVE-2017-13051, CVE-2017-13052, CVE-2017-13053, CVE-2017-13054,
  CVE-2017-13055, CVE-2017-13687, CVE-2017-13688, CVE-2017-13689,
  CVE-2017-13690, CVE-2017-13725

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3415-2 Moderate: Tcpdump Buffer Overflow Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey September 14, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Release note regarding tcpdump security flaws patched in Ubuntu, impacting various editions, to enhance overall system integrity and safety.
Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: tcpdump 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-1

CVE-2017-11108, CVE-2017-11541, CVE-2017-11542, CVE-2017-11543,

CVE-2017-12893, CVE-2017-12894, CVE-2017-12895, CVE-2017-12896,

CVE-2017-12897, CVE-2017-12898, CVE-2017-12899, CVE-2017-12900,

CVE-2017-12901, CVE-2017-12902, CVE-2017-12985, CVE-2017-12986,

CVE-2017-12987, CVE-2017-12988, CVE-2017-12989, CVE-2017-12990,

CVE-2017-12991, CVE-2017-12992, CVE-2017-12993, CVE-2017-12994,

CVE-2017-12995, CVE-2017-12996, CVE-2017-12997, CVE-2017-12998,

CVE-2017-12999, CVE-2017-13000, CVE-2017-13001, CVE-2017-13002,

CVE-2017-13003, CVE-2017-13004, CVE-2017-13005, CVE-2017-13006,

CVE-2017-13007, CVE-2017-13008, CVE-2017-13009, CVE-2017-13010,

CVE-2017-13011, CVE-2017-13012, CVE-2017-13013, CVE-2017-13014,

CVE-2017-13015, CVE-2017-13016, CVE-2017-13017, CVE-2017-13018,

CVE-2017-13019, CVE-2017-13020, CVE-2017-13021, CVE-2017-13022,

CVE-2017-13023, CVE-2017-13024, CVE-2017-13025, CVE-2017-13026,

CVE-2017-13027, CVE-2017-13028, CVE-2017-13029, CVE-2017-13030,

CVE-2017-13031, CVE-2017-13032, CVE-2017-13033, CVE-2017-13034,

CVE-2017-13035, CVE-2017-13036, CVE-2017-13037, CVE-2017-13038,

CVE-2017-13039, CVE-2017-13040, CVE-2017-13041, CVE-2017-13042,

CVE-2017-13043, CVE-2017-13044, CVE-2017-13045, CVE-2017-13046,

CVE-2017-13047, CVE-2017-13048, CVE-2017-13049, CVE-2017-13050,

CVE-2017-13051, CVE-2017-13052, CVE-2017-13053, CVE-2017-13054,

CVE-2017-13055, CVE-2017-13687, CVE-2017-13688, CVE-2017-13689,

CVE-2017-13690, CVE-2017-13725

September 14, 2017

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