Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14050

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities in ethereal were discovered by Timo Sirainen.
Integer overflows were found in the Mount and PPP dissectors, as well as one-byte buffer overflows in the AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2, Quake3, Rsync, SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors. These vulnerabilities were corrected in ethereal 0.9.12.

Solution

Update the affected ethereal package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14050

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-067.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0356, CVE-2003-0357

MDKSA: 2003:067

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