rPSA-2007-0048-1 tcpdump

Sat Mar 3 09:13:03 EST 2007

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0048-1
Published: 2007-03-03
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote User Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    tcpdump=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/3.9.5-0.1-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1218
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100

Description:
    Previous versions of the tcpdump package are vulnerable to a remote
    denial of service when printing 802.11 ethernet frames, only if the
    link type was specified explicitly on the tcpdump command line.  No
    unauthorized access is understood to be enabled by this vulnerability.