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MiracleLinux 3 : tcpdump-3.9.4-11 (AXSA:2008-528:01)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 284245
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2008-528:01 advisory.Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic.
Tcpdump can capture and display the packet headers on a particular network interface or on all interfaces.
Tcpdump can display all of the packet headers, or just the ones that match particular criteria.
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.
(CVE-2007-1218) Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
(CVE-2007-3798) In addition, the following bugs have been addressed:
* The arpwatch service initialization script would exit prematurely, returning an incorrect successful exit status and preventing the status command from running in case networking is not available.
* Tcpdump would not drop root privileges completely when launched with the -C option. This might have been abused by an attacker to gain root privileges in case a security problem was found in tcpdump. Users of tcpdump are encouraged to specify meaningful arguments to the -Z option in case they want tcpdump to write files with privileges other than of the pcap user.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected arpwatch, libpcap and / or tcpdump packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 284245
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2008-528.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/14/2026
Updated: 1/14/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3798
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:arpwatch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libpcap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tcpdump
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1218, CVE-2007-3798