SUSE-SU-2014:1723-1: moderate: Security update for tcpdump

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for tcpdump
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1723-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #905870 #905871 #905872 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-8767 CVE-2014-8768 CVE-2014-8769
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This tcpdump update fixes the following security issues:

   - fix CVE-2014-8767 (bnc#905870)
     * denial of service in verbose mode using malformed OLSR payload
   - fix CVE-2014-8768 (bnc#905871)
     * denial of service in verbose mode using malformed Geonet payload
   - fix CVE-2014-8769 (bnc#905872)
     * unreliable output using malformed AOVD payload


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-122

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-122

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      tcpdump-4.5.1-4.1
      tcpdump-debuginfo-4.5.1-4.1
      tcpdump-debugsource-4.5.1-4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      tcpdump-4.5.1-4.1
      tcpdump-debuginfo-4.5.1-4.1
      tcpdump-debugsource-4.5.1-4.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8767.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8768.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8769.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905870
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905871
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905872