[Cucumber-linux-security] tcpdump (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for tcpdump for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Sun Jul 23 10:51:08 EDT 2017
net-general/tcpdump upgraded from 4.9.0 to 4.9.1 to fix CVE-2017-11108, a local
	denial of service vulnerability in the spanning tree protocol (STP)
	implementation in tcpdump. For more information see:
		http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11108
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure tcpdump is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
at the following location:

Cucumber 1.0 i686:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-i686/net-general/tcpdump-4.9.1-i686-1.txz

Cucumber 1.0 x86_64:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-x86_64/net-general/tcpdump-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz

To upgrade the package manually, download the new package and run the
following command (as root):

# upgradepkg tcpdump-4.9.1-i686-1.txz


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