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Family: Fedora Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
Fedora Core 1 2004-152: ethereal Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary Check for the version of the ethereal package
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2004-152 (ethereal).
Ethereal is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems.
This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering
library, contains command-line utilities, contains tests and
documentation for ethereal. A graphical user interface is packaged
separately to GTK+ package.
Update Information:
Issues have been discovered in the following protocol dissectors:
* A SIP packet could make Ethereal crash under specific conditions,
as described in the following message:
http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200405/msg00018.html
(0.10.3).
* The AIM dissector could throw an assertion, causing Ethereal to
terminate abnormally (0.10.3).
* It was possible for the SPNEGO dissector to dereference a null
pointer, causing a crash (0.9.8 to 0.10.3).
* The MMSE dissector was susceptible to a buffer overflow. (0.10.1
to 0.10.3).
All users of Ethereal are strongly encouraged to update to these latest
packages.
Solution : http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-152.shtml
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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