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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2006:077)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 21283

Synopsis

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

Description

A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Ethereal network analyzer. These issues have been corrected in Ethereal version 0.99.0 which is provided with this update.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://ethereal.archive.sunet.se/appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 21283

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-077.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/26/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1932, CVE-2006-1933, CVE-2006-1934, CVE-2006-1935, CVE-2006-1936, CVE-2006-1937, CVE-2006-1938, CVE-2006-1939, CVE-2006-1940

BID: 17682

MDKSA: 2006:077