Security risk associated with a NIC's promiscuous mode?

[Will H. Backman]

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> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of John Conover
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 3:27 AM
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> Subject: Security risk associated with a NIC's promiscuous mode?
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> Is there any security risk associated with a NIC's promiscuous mode
> while running tcpdump and/or arpwatch?
> 

Most problems have come from buffer overflows in the protocol dissectors
in listening applications, although tcpdump and arpwatch have not been
the big problems.