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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-5 |
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PACKAGE : tcpdump |
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SUMMARY : remote dos |
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DATE : 2003-03-05 10:19 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.7.2 |
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FIXED VERSION : =>3.7.2 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0108 |
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- From advisory: |
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"A vulnerability exists in the parsing of ISAKMP packets (UDP port 500) |
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that allows an attacker to force TCPDUMP into an infinite loop upon |
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receipt of a specially crafted packet." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://www.idefense.com/advisory/02.27.03.txt |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-analyzer/tcpdump upgrade to tcpdump-3.7.2 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u tcpdump |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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