Bug 49294 - security problem in tcpdump-3.6.2 AFS printing
Summary: security problem in tcpdump-3.6.2 AFS printing
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: tcpdump
Version: 1.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
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Reported: 2001-07-17 18:41 UTC by Pekka Savola
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-18 20:55:12 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2001:089 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE : Updated tcpdump packages available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.x 2001-06-28 04:00:00 UTC

Description Pekka Savola 2001-07-17 18:41:47 UTC 
There is a security problem in AFS printing functions in tcpdump-3.6.2.

AFS printing is not supported in tcpdump-3.4, so this only applies to rawhide.

FreeBSD advisory:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc

Patch against Rawhide: (patch -p1 -R)
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-rx.c?r1=1.20&r2=1.20.2.1
Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-07-18 20:55:07 UTC 
We (Red Hat) must address this defect before next release.
Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2001-07-19 13:06:45 UTC 
thx
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