vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3205-1 (CVE-2017-5486): tcpdump vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2017-01-27
Added
2017-02-22
Modified
2025-04-25

Description

It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain packets. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the tcpdump
AppArmor profile.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-tcpdump
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