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USN141-1 : tcpdump vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary tcpdump vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote package "tcpdump" is missing a security patch. Description : It was discovered that certain invalid BGP packets triggered an infinite loop in tcpdump, which caused tcpdump to stop working. This could be abused by a remote attacker to bypass tcpdump analysis of network traffic. Solution : Upgrade to : - tcpdump-3.8.3-3ubuntu0.4 (Ubuntu 5.04) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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