[El-errata] ELSA-2017-1871 Moderate: Oracle Linux 7 tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Tue Aug 8 13:43:40 PDT 2017


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2017-1871

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1871.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
tcpdump-4.9.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/tcpdump-4.9.0-5.el7.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[14:4.9.0-5]
- Resolves: #1441597; use bigger capture buffer than in upstream

[14:4.9.0-4]
- Drop downstream patch (drop root privileges)
- Add libcap-ng as a new build dependency
- Related: #1262283

[14:4.9.0-3]
- Fix tests according to our patches and libpcap version

[14:4.9.0-2]
- Use getnameinfo instead of gethostbyaddr

[14:4.9.0-1]
- New upstream version 4.9.0. Resolves: #1422473
- Add legacy -P switch with warning. Related to #1422473 and #1292056

[14:4.5.1-6]
- Drop root before creating any dump file. Resolves: #1262283

[14:4.5.1-5]
- Use -Q instead of -P to set capture direction. Resolves: #1292056

[14:4.5.1-4]
- Fix segfault with --help option. Resolves: #1297812





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