gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201510-04.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201510-04">
  <title>tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities </title>
  <synopsis>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.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">tcpdump</product>
  <announced>2015-10-31</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-10-31</revised>
  <bug>552632</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/tcpdump" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.7.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.7.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>tcpdump is a Tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.7.4"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0261">CVE-2015-0261</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2153">CVE-2015-2153</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2154">CVE-2015-2154</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2155">CVE-2015-2155</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-08-04T15:50:32Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-10-31T15:14:21Z">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>