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[slackware-security]  tcpdump (SSA:2017-041-04)

New tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2,
and -current to fix security issues.

NOTE:  These updates also require the updated libpcap package.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  Fixed bugs which allow an attacker to crash tcpdump (denial of service).
  For more information, see:
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7922
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7923
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7924
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7925
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7926
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7927
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7928
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7929
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7930
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7931
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7932
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7933
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7934
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7935
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7936
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7937
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7938
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7939
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7940
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7973
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7974
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7975
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7983
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7984
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7985
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7986
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7992
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7993
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8574
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8575
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5202
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5203
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5204
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5205
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5341
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5342
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5482
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5483
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5484
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5485
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5486
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
9511f62c56fca52c1a5e7e3c019d13f1  tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
363eedb14f568d59285421ab73854543  tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
e4a3e6529f2d183e64abec02b6336fc1  tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
4025510be6f69f299f2d2775a4eed86e  tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b693f072d9ce8e1e2f542e05c049ac8b  tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
76109f2cf611d5a040db9d5d04628cae  tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
a7c745161f5c4e96bc149941893b1a94  tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
e36f1d88a2cd63e2aa1771d589fc53de  tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
c60c97421c742cf02b64535593162f0f  n/tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
22ec2ccd2a28f965d8ce53788d0dfdd4  n/tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

NOTE:  These updates also require the updated libpcap package:

# upgradepkg libpcap-1.8.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


+-----+

Slackware: 2017-041-04: tcpdump Security Update

February 10, 2017
New tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed bugs which allow an attacker to crash tcpdump (denial of service). For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7922 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7923 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7924 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7925 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7926 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7927 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7928 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7929 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7930 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7931 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7932 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7933 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7934 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7935 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7936 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7937 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7938 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7939 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7940 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7973 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7974 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7975 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7983 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7984 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7985 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7986 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7992 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7993 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8574 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8575 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5202 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5203 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5204 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5205 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5341 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5342 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5482 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5483 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5484 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5485 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5486 (* Security fix *)

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.37 package: 9511f62c56fca52c1a5e7e3c019d13f1 tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 363eedb14f568d59285421ab73854543 tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: e4a3e6529f2d183e64abec02b6336fc1 tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 4025510be6f69f299f2d2775a4eed86e tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: b693f072d9ce8e1e2f542e05c049ac8b tcpdump-4.9.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 76109f2cf611d5a040db9d5d04628cae tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: a7c745161f5c4e96bc149941893b1a94 tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: e36f1d88a2cd63e2aa1771d589fc53de tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: c60c97421c742cf02b64535593162f0f n/tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 22ec2ccd2a28f965d8ce53788d0dfdd4 n/tcpdump-4.9.0-x86_64-1.txz

Severity
[slackware-security] tcpdump (SSA:2017-041-04)
New tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
NOTE: These updates also require the updated libpcap package.

Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg tcpdump-4.9.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz NOTE: These updates also require the updated libpcap package: # upgradepkg libpcap-1.8.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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