rPath alert rPSA-2007-0048-1 (tcpdump)

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rPSA-2007-0048-1 tcpdump
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Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:13:03 -0500
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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0048-1
Published: 2007-03-03
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote User Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    tcpdump=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.9.5-0.1-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-200...
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100

Description:
    Previous versions of the tcpdump package are vulnerable to a remote
    denial of service when printing 802.11 ethernet frames, only if the
    link type was specified explicitly on the tcpdump command line.  No
    unauthorized access is understood to be enabled by this vulnerability.