From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Sat Jan 17 2004 - 06:25:50 CST

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TITLE:
OpenPKG update for tcpdump

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10654

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10654/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenPKG 1.x

DESCRIPTION:
OpenPKG has issued an updated package for tcpdump. This fixes
multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people
to crash tcpdump and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA8175
SA10636

SOLUTION:
Install updated package.

$ ftp ftp.OpenPKG.org
ftp> bin
ftp> cd release/1.3/UPD
ftp> get tcpdump-3.7.2-1.3.1.src.rpm
ftp> bye
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig tcpdump-3.7.2-1.3.1.src.rpm
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild tcpdump-3.7.2-1.3.1.src.rpm
$ su -
# <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/tcpdump-3.7.2-1.3.1.*.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA8175:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8175/

SA10636:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10636/

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