Re: Tcpdump 4.9.2

[Raphael Geissert <geissert () debian org>]

On 7 September 2017 at 22:06, Leo Famulari <leo () famulari name> wrote:
> My understanding is that tcpdump 4.9.2 was supposed to be embargoed
> until September 25.
>
> However, it's already being distributed publicly:
>
> https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/tcpdump&id=ae8cb07d00feb32a4f8a500fc8fa668d3f8c5275
>
> So, I recommend that everyone update ASAP.


Quoting the CHANGES file of the tarball[1]:

> Sunday September 3, 2017 denis () ovsienko info
>   Summary for 4.9.2 tcpdump release
>     Do not use getprotobynumber() for protocol name resolution.  Do not do
>       any protocol name resolution if -n is specified.
>     Improve errors detection in the test scripts.
>     Fix a segfault with OpenSSL 1.1 and improve OpenSSL usage.
>     Clean up IS-IS printing.
>     Fix buffer overflow vulnerabilities:
>       CVE-2017-11543 (SLIP)
>       CVE-2017-13011 (bittok2str_internal)
>     Fix infinite loop vulnerabilities:
>       CVE-2017-12989 (RESP)
>       CVE-2017-12990 (ISAKMP)
>       CVE-2017-12995 (DNS)
>       CVE-2017-12997 (LLDP)
>     Fix buffer over-read vulnerabilities:
>       CVE-2017-11541 (safeputs)
>       CVE-2017-11542 (PIMv1)
>       CVE-2017-12893 (SMB/CIFS)
>       CVE-2017-12894 (lookup_bytestring)
>       CVE-2017-12895 (ICMP)
>       CVE-2017-12896 (ISAKMP)
>       CVE-2017-12897 (ISO CLNS)
>       CVE-2017-12898 (NFS)
>       CVE-2017-12899 (DECnet)
>       CVE-2017-12900 (tok2strbuf)
>       CVE-2017-12901 (EIGRP)
>       CVE-2017-12902 (Zephyr)
>       CVE-2017-12985 (IPv6)
>       CVE-2017-12986 (IPv6 routing headers)
>       CVE-2017-12987 (IEEE 802.11)
>       CVE-2017-12988 (telnet)
>       CVE-2017-12991 (BGP)
>       CVE-2017-12992 (RIPng)
>       CVE-2017-12993 (Juniper)
>       CVE-2017-11542 (PIMv1)
>       CVE-2017-11541 (safeputs)
>       CVE-2017-12994 (BGP)
>       CVE-2017-12996 (PIMv2)
>       CVE-2017-12998 (ISO IS-IS)
>       CVE-2017-12999 (ISO IS-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13000 (IEEE 802.15.4)
>       CVE-2017-13001 (NFS)
>       CVE-2017-13002 (AODV)
>       CVE-2017-13003 (LMP)
>       CVE-2017-13004 (Juniper)
>       CVE-2017-13005 (NFS)
>       CVE-2017-13006 (L2TP)
>       CVE-2017-13007 (Apple PKTAP)
>       CVE-2017-13008 (IEEE 802.11)
>       CVE-2017-13009 (IPv6 mobility)
>       CVE-2017-13010 (BEEP)
>       CVE-2017-13012 (ICMP)
>       CVE-2017-13013 (ARP)
>       CVE-2017-13014 (White Board)
>       CVE-2017-13015 (EAP)
>       CVE-2017-11543 (SLIP)
>       CVE-2017-13016 (ISO ES-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13017 (DHCPv6)
>       CVE-2017-13018 (PGM)
>       CVE-2017-13019 (PGM)
>       CVE-2017-13020 (VTP)
>       CVE-2017-13021 (ICMPv6)
>       CVE-2017-13022 (IP)
>       CVE-2017-13023 (IPv6 mobility)
>       CVE-2017-13024 (IPv6 mobility)
>       CVE-2017-13025 (IPv6 mobility)
>       CVE-2017-13026 (ISO IS-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13027 (LLDP)
>       CVE-2017-13028 (BOOTP)
>       CVE-2017-13029 (PPP)
>       CVE-2017-13030 (PIM)
>       CVE-2017-13031 (IPv6 fragmentation header)
>       CVE-2017-13032 (RADIUS)
>       CVE-2017-13033 (VTP)
>       CVE-2017-13034 (PGM)
>       CVE-2017-13035 (ISO IS-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13036 (OSPFv3)
>       CVE-2017-13037 (IP)
>       CVE-2017-13038 (PPP)
>       CVE-2017-13039 (ISAKMP)
>       CVE-2017-13040 (MPTCP)
>       CVE-2017-13041 (ICMPv6)
>       CVE-2017-13042 (HNCP)
>       CVE-2017-13043 (BGP)
>       CVE-2017-13044 (HNCP)
>       CVE-2017-13045 (VQP)
>       CVE-2017-13046 (BGP)
>       CVE-2017-13047 (ISO ES-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13048 (RSVP)
>       CVE-2017-13049 (Rx)
>       CVE-2017-13050 (RPKI-Router)
>       CVE-2017-13051 (RSVP)
>       CVE-2017-13052 (CFM)
>       CVE-2017-13053 (BGP)
>       CVE-2017-13054 (LLDP)
>       CVE-2017-13055 (ISO IS-IS)
>       CVE-2017-13687 (Cisco HDLC)
>       CVE-2017-13688 (OLSR)
>       CVE-2017-13689 (IKEv1)
>       CVE-2017-13690 (IKEv2)
>       CVE-2017-13725 (IPv6 routing headers)

[1] https://sources.archlinux.org/other/packages/tcpdump/tcpdump-4.9.2.tar.gz

Cheers,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
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