Patch based on suggestion by Matthew Boyle for dsniff >= 2.4b1 which avoids xdrs being used without being initialised first. Without this patch dsniff segfaults when decoding RPC packets on x86_64. For further information please also have a look to Red Hat Bugzilla ID #715042 and #850494. --- dsniff-2.4/rpc.c 2001-03-15 09:33:04.000000000 +0100 +++ dsniff-2.4/rpc.c.rpc_segfault 2013-12-20 22:49:34.000000000 +0100 @@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ return (0); } } + else + return (0); + stat = xdr_getpos(&xdrs); xdr_destroy(&xdrs);