Updated tcpdump package fixes security vulnerability
Publication date: 05 Dec 2014Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 4
CVE: CVE-2014-9140
Description
It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing PPP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-9140).
References
SRPMS
4/core
- tcpdump-4.4.0-2.2.mga4