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SSA-2004-108-01 tcpdump denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-108-01 tcpdump denial of service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Upgraded tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0,
9.1, and -current to fix denial-of-service issues. Sites using
tcpdump should upgrade to the new packages.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0183
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0184

The tcpdump advisory from Rapid7 may be found here:
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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