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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201502-05

Posted on 10 February 2015
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 07, 2015
Bugs: #534660
ID: 201502-05

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in tcpdump could result in execution of
arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background
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tcpdump is a tool for capturing and inspecting network traffic.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/tcpdump < 4.6.2-r1 >= 4.6.2-r1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump:

* The olsr_print function function contains an integer underflow error
(CVE-2014-8767)
* The geonet_print function function contains multiple integer
underflow errors (CVE-2014-8768)
* The decoder for the Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector protocol
contains an out-of-bounds memory access error (CVE-2014-8769)
* The ppp_hdlc function contains a buffer overflow error
(CVE-2014-9140)

Impact
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A remote attacker may be able to send a specially crafted packet,
possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.6.2-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8767
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8767
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8768
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8768
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8769
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8769
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-9140
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9140

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-05.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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