Updated tcpdump packages available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.x

Updated tcpdump, libpcap, and arpwatch packages are available for Red
Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.x. These updates close vulnerabilities
present in versions of tcpdump up to 3.5.1 and various other bugs.

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

45520 - Remote root exploit
47174 - libpcap-0.4-39.i386.rpm does not contain shared library libpcap.so.0
49294 - security problem in tcpdump-3.6.2 AFS printing
49635 - PATCH: tcpdump to drop root by default
52654 - Tcpdump get spurious packets before kernel filter kicks in
54593 - Doco change in specfile (minor)
57711 - arpwatch depends on csh for no good reason
58346 - tcpdump.spec creates pcap user with nonexistant shell

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2001-1279.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-015.shtml

buffer, overflow, tcpdump