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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4252-2 moderate: tcpdump Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A new Ubuntu release addresses security vulnerabilities in tcpdump affecting many ESM versions. Users should upgrade promptly to reduce potential risks
Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in tcpdump.

Software Description:

- tcpdump: command-line network traffic analyzer

Details:

USN-4252-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in tcpdump. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker

could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  tcpdump                         4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  tcpdump                         4.9.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-1

CVE-2017-16808, CVE-2018-10103, CVE-2018-10105, CVE-2018-14461,

CVE-2018-14462, CVE-2018-14463, CVE-2018-14464, CVE-2018-14465,

CVE-2018-14466, CVE-2018-14467, CVE-2018-14468, CVE-2018-14469,

CVE-2018-14470, CVE-2018-14879, CVE-2018-14880, CVE-2018-14881,

CVE-2018-14882, CVE-2018-16227, CVE-2018-16228, CVE-2018-16229,

CVE-2018-16230, CVE-2018-16300, CVE-2018-16451, CVE-2018-16452,

CVE-2018-19519, CVE-2019-1010220, CVE-2019-15166, CVE-2019-15167

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January 27, 2020

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