RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : ethereal (RHSA-2005:306)

high Nessus Plugin ID 17366

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated Ethereal packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The ethereal package is a program for monitoring network traffic.

A number of security flaws have been discovered in Ethereal. On a system where Ethereal is running, a remote attacker could send malicious packets to trigger these flaws and cause Ethereal to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the Etheric dissector. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0704 to this issue.

The GPRS-LLC dissector could crash if the 'ignore cipher bit' option was set. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0705 to this issue.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0699 to this issue.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the IAPP dissector. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0739 to this issue.

Users of ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain version 0.10.10 and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ethereal and / or ethereal-gnome packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17366

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-306.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ethereal-gnome, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0699, CVE-2005-0704, CVE-2005-0705, CVE-2005-0739, CVE-2005-0765, CVE-2005-0766

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2005:306

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