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[GLSA-200403-07] Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200403-07

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-07
(Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal)


There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than 0.10.3, including:
Thirteen buffer overflows in the following protocol dissectors: NetFlow, IGAP, EIGRP, PGM, IrDA, BGP, ISUP, and TCAP.
A zero-length Presentation protocol selector could make Ethereal crash.
A vulnerability in the RADIUS packet dissector which may crash ethereal.
A corrupt color filter file could cause a segmentation fault.

Impact

These vulnerabilities may cause Ethereal to crash or may allow an attacker
to run arbitrary code on the user's computer.

Workaround

While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are
advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.

References:
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0176
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0365
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0367


Solution:
All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected package:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3"
# emerge ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3"


Risk Factor : High