DSA-4547-1 tcpdump -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4547-1 tcpdump -- security update

Date Reported:

21 Oct 2019

Affected Packages:

tcpdump

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10103, CVE-2018-10105, CVE-2018-14461, CVE-2018-14462, CVE-2018-14463, CVE-2018-14464, CVE-2018-14465, CVE-2018-14466, CVE-2018-14467, CVE-2018-14468, CVE-2018-14469, CVE-2018-14470, CVE-2018-14879, CVE-2018-14880, CVE-2018-14881, CVE-2018-14882, CVE-2018-16227, CVE-2018-16228, CVE-2018-16229, CVE-2018-16230, CVE-2018-16300, CVE-2018-16451, CVE-2018-16452, CVE-2019-15166.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilities might result in denial of service or, potentially, execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.3-1~deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.3-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump packages.

For the detailed security status of tcpdump please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tcpdump