GLSA-200403-07 : Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14458

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

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.

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'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14458

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200403-07.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0176, CVE-2004-0365, CVE-2004-0367

GLSA: 200403-07

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