Submitted by KeesCook on Tue, 2007-07-31 03:20
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2007-3798
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-492-1 July 30, 2007
tcpdump vulnerability
CVE-2007-3798
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
tcpdump 3.9.4-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 6.10:
tcpdump 3.9.4-4ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 7.04:
tcpdump 3.9.5-2ubuntu1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
A flaw was discovered in the BGP dissector of tcpdump. Remote
attackers could send specially crafted packets and execute arbitrary
code with user privileges.
