rPath alert rPSA-2007-0147-1 (tcpdump)

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rPSA-2007-0147-1 tcpdump
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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:37:03 -0400
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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0147-1
Published: 2007-07-20
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect System User Deterministic Unauthorized Access
Updated Versions:
    tcpdump=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.9.5-2.1-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3798
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1556

Description:
    Previous versions of the tcpdump package are vulnerable to a buffer
    overflow attack in which a remote attacker can exploit an integer
    underflow to execute arbitrary code.

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