Eridani alert ERISA-2002:013 (tcpdump)

From:	 Eridani Star System <linux@eridani.co.uk>
To:	 eridani-announce@eridani.co.uk
Subject: [Eridani-Announce] ERISA-2002:013 - tcpdump
Date:	 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:36:36 +0100 (BST)

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		ERIDANI LINUX - SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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Package:	tcpdump
Summary:	Buffer overflow
Date:		2002-04-10
ID:		ERISA-2002:013

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Problem description:

  Several buffers could be overflowed by a remote attacker, allowing
  root access to the local machine. A few other minor issues were fixed in 
  the process of updating.

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Updated packages:

  1d4a06b4a921153aee5d3dac78988536  tcpdump-3.6.2-10.src.rpm

  742e774f60b65f5e5caefebb05eac4d2  arpwatch-2.1a11-10.i386.rpm
  4b1d1255b5818d15b80f955736be6fae  libpcap-0.6.2-10.i386.rpm
  65fd8b55e612e5adc92cc8366fb66666  tcpdump-3.6.2-10.i386.rpm

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