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Debian DSA-258-1 : ethereal - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 15095

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Georgi Guninski discovered a problem in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. The program contains a format string vulnerability that could probably lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ethereal packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody3.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected by this problem.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-258

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15095

File Name: debian_DSA-258.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ethereal

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0081

BID: 7049

DSA: 258