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Debian DSA-718-2 : ethereal - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18157

Synopsis

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

Description

[ This version lists the correct packages in the packages section. ]

A buffer overflow has been detected in the IAPP dissector of Ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser. A remote attacker may be able to overflow a buffer using a specially crafted 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 packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody12.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-718

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18157

File Name: debian_DSA-718.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0739

CWE: 189

DSA: 718