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A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2014-8767)\n\nSteffen Bauch discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing GeoNet\npackets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-8768)\n\nSteffen Bauch discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing AODV\npackets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, reveal sensitive information, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8769)\n\nIt was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled printing PPP packets. 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