- - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-13 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : ethereal SUMMARY : arbitrary code execution DATE : 2003-06-25 22:36 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED :=ethereal-0.9.13 CVE : CAN-2003-0432 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- from advisory: "It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file." Read the full advisory at SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-analyzer/ethereal upgrade to ethereal as follows emerge sync emerge ethereal emerge clean - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------