First published: Mon Jan 27 2020(Updated: )
USN-4252-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in tcpdump. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/tcpdump | <4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 | 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/tcpdump | <4.9.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
=12.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
The vulnerability ID for this update is USN-4252-2.
tcpdump is a powerful command-line packet analyzer.
Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 are affected.
The severity of this vulnerability is not specified in the description.
To fix this vulnerability, update tcpdump to version 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 for Ubuntu 14.04, and version 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 for Ubuntu 12.04.