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Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[GLSA-200507-27] Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-27
(Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities)
There are numerous vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal prior
to 0.10.12, including:
The SMB dissector could overflow a
buffer or exhaust memory (CVE-2005-2365).
iDEFENSE discovered
that several dissectors are vulnerable to format string overflows
(CVE-2005-2367).
Additionally multiple potential crashes in
many dissectors have been fixed, see References for further
details.
Impact
A possible hacker might be able to use these vulnerabilities to crash
Ethereal or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
running Ethereal, which could be the root user.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
References:
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00020.html
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2360
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2361
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2362
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2363
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2364
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2365
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2366
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2367
Solution:
All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.12"
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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