Gentoo: 200403-07 High: Ethereal Remote Overflows and Threats

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200403-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal Date: March 28, 2004 Bugs: #45543 ID: 200403-07

Synopsis ======= Mulitple overflows and vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal which may allow an attacker to crash the program or run arbitrary code.
Background ========= Quote from https://www.afternic.com/forsale/ethereal.com
"Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. It has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements. It runs on all popular computing platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows."
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