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Debian Linux Security Advisory 854-1

Debian Security Advisory DSA 854-1 – Simon Nielsen discovered that the BGP dissector in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, does not properly handle a -1 return value from an internal function that decodes data packets. A specially crafted BGP packet can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/40559/dsa-854-1.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/40559/Debian-Linux-Security-Advisory-854-1.html

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