news 28 Posted July 24, 2017 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] tcpdump (SSA:2017-205-01) New tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an issue where tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11108 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.37 package: 9a5fe67f214fa1b11f9145e863b3c745 tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: d6ff914dbc9371173346d33035618c0b tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: db3c17f626370399d08c450481395bd1 tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 676c246841f82a885fd1140e3d5682d8 tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 5bf8605c4bb148bb5efdc8f58f4d6fae tcpdump-4.9.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: db08fcc0b32edfbcee57bed3fe92aacf tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: e4118a207372df0170dd1bd337392d31 tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 7fd6f286dc3402d3ae5e14352d6ea7b7 tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: ad5ccf382c3579e011139a600200eda2 n/tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 36da99a1c72d25d9c3a3779342920889 n/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg tcpdump-4.9.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
