Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2005:131)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19891

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in versions of Ethereal prior to version 0.10.12, including :

The SMB dissector could overflow a buffer or exhaust memory (CVE-2005-2365).

iDefense discovered that several dissectors are vulnerable to format string overflows (CVE-2005-2367).

A number of other portential crash issues in various dissectors have also been corrected.

This update provides Ethereal 0.10.12 which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19891

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-131.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ethereal0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libethereal0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tethereal

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2360, CVE-2005-2361, CVE-2005-2362, CVE-2005-2363, CVE-2005-2364, CVE-2005-2365, CVE-2005-2366, CVE-2005-2367

BID: 14399

MDKSA: 2005:131

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