tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities

tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in tcpdump, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service condition or executive arbitrary code. tcpdump October 31, 2015 October 31, 2015: 1 552632 remote 4.7.4 4.7.4

tcpdump is a Tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.7.4"

CVE-2015-0261 CVE-2015-2153 CVE-2015-2154 CVE-2015-2155 BlueKnight mrueg