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RHSA-2002-121: arpwatch

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the arpwatch packages

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Updated tcpdump, libpcap, and arpwatch packages are available. These
updates close a buffer overflow when handling NFS packets.

tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. Versions of
tcpdump up to and including 3.6.2 have a buffer overflow that can be
triggered when tracing the network by a bad NFS packet.

We are not yet aware if this issue is fully exploitable
however, users of
tcpdump are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which contain a
patch for this issue.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2002-0380 to this issue. This issue was found by
David Woodhouse of Red Hat.

Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-121.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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