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Debian DSA-653-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16237

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow has been detected in the X11 dissector of ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser. A remote attacker may be able to overflow a buffer using a specially crafted IP packet. More problems have been discovered which don't apply to the version in woody but are fixed in sid as well.

Solution

Upgrade the ethereal package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody11.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-653

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16237

File Name: debian_DSA-653.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0006, CVE-2005-0007, CVE-2005-0008, CVE-2005-0009, CVE-2005-0010, CVE-2005-0084

DSA: 653