tcpdump can't read a pcap file, it crashes with undefined symbol

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

tcpdump crashes with an undefined symbol: pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision:

# tcpdump -r /tmp/test.pcap 
tcpdump: symbol lookup error: tcpdump: undefined symbol: pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • tcpdump

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