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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:52:15 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: TCPDump version in base?
Message-ID:  <20030307065215.GB684@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20030306234952.51661.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030307122620.L59121@a2.scoop.co.nz> <20030306234952.51661.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com>

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On 2003-03-06 15:49, twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Andrew McNaughton wrote:
>>On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, twig les wrote:
>>> Hey all, maybe I'm missing something but I can't seem to find
>>> the version of tcpdump that I'm running.  After searching the
>>> massive man page and doing a quick "pkg_info | grep tcpdump" to
>>> make sure no info was available before posting, I don't know if
>>> I'm vulnerable.  Does anyone know how to glean the version
>>> number from tcpdump? [...]
>>>
>>> Tcpdump versions prior to 3.7.2 contain a denial of service in
>>> the decoding of ISAKMP packets. [...]
>>> This vulnerability is confirmed and fixed in version 3.7.2,
>>> available from: http://www.tcpdump.org/
>>
>> Since tcpdump has moved into the freebsd core distribution
>> it's doubtful
>> whether the tcpdump version number as such is all that
>> meaningful anyway.
>
> This is a good point.  Do I have to upgrade?  The team hasn't
> put out an advisory but we actively use a few FreeBSD boxes for
> sniffing so pardon my impatience.

You can always find out the version of the installed tcpdump and
libpcap by running:

	% tcpdump -V

The first two lines should tell you what you want to know.

The 3.7.2 fixes were imported to FreeBSD -STABLE on March 3 by Bill
Fenner.  If you CVSup and rebuild your system from sources after that
date you'll be set to go.

- Giorgos


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