CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:427)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21824

Synopsis

The remote CentOS 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. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-1456, CVE-2005-1457, CVE-2005-1458, CVE-2005-1459, CVE-2005-1460, CVE-2005-1461, CVE-2005-1462, CVE-2005-1463, CVE-2005-1464, CVE-2005-1465, CVE-2005-1466, CVE-2005-1467, CVE-2005-1468, CVE-2005-1469, and CVE-2005-1470 to these issues.

Users of ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain version 0.10.11 which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ethereal packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21824

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-427.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ethereal-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ethereal-gnome

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1456, CVE-2005-1457, CVE-2005-1458, CVE-2005-1459, CVE-2005-1460, CVE-2005-1461, CVE-2005-1462, CVE-2005-1463, CVE-2005-1464, CVE-2005-1465, CVE-2005-1466, CVE-2005-1467, CVE-2005-1468, CVE-2005-1469, CVE-2005-1470

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2005:427

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