[Bug 483561] [NEW] rdpcap Fails When Run from a Script (Solution To the Bug is Included)

[ScapyBugMan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: scapy

System Information:

Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:        9.04

$ apt-cache policy python-scapy
python-scapy:
  Installed: 2.0.0.5-1
  Candidate: 2.0.0.5-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.0.5-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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When invoking the rdpcap function from a script, which reads in a pcap
file, it fails.  Here's an example of the issue (taken from here because
it is exactly the same bug that I ran into -
http://osdir.com/ml/security.scapy.general/2008-08/msg00035.html:

# cat test.py
from scapy.all import *

rdpcap('file.pcap')

# python test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 3, in <module>
rdpcap('file.pcap')
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/scapy/utils.py", line 454, in
rdpcap
return PcapReader(filename).read_all(count=count)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/scapy/utils.py", line 569, in
read_all
return PacketList(res,name = os.path.basename(self.filename))
NameError: global name 'PacketList' is not defined

This issue has been reported before (not specifically for Ubuntu) and
the necessary patch can be found here -
http://osdir.com/ml/security.scapy.general/2008-08/msg00037.html.  I
applied the patch myself and it resolved the issue.  Thanks.

** Affects: scapy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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rdpcap Fails When Run from a Script (Solution To the Bug is Included)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483561
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