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Debian DSA-920-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22786

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser that causes a denial of service and may potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ethereal packages.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody14.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342911

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-920

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22786

File Name: debian_DSA-920.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3651

BID: 15794

DSA: 920