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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-45 Critical: Wireshark Security Flaw

Ethereal is vulnerable to numerous vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or abnormal termination.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: July 28, 2005 Bugs: #100316 ID: 200507-27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= Ethereal is vulnerable to numerous vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or abnormal termination. Background ========= Ethereal is a feature-rich network protocol analyzer. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/ethereal < 0.10.12 > = 0.10.12 Description ========== There are numerous vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal prior to 0.10.12, including: * The SMB dissector could overflow a buffer or exhaust memory (CAN-2005-2365). * iDEFENSE discovered that several dissectors are vulnerable to format string overflows (CAN-2005-2367). * Additionally multiple potential crashes in many dissectors have been fixed, see References for further details. Impact ===== An attacker might be able to use these vulnerabilities to crash Ethereal or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Ethereal, which could be the root user. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge--ask --oneshot --verbose "> =net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.12" References ========= [ 1 ] Ethereal enpa-sa-00020 [ 2 ] CAN-2005-2360 [ 3 ] CAN-2005-2361 [ 4 ] CAN-2005-2362 [ 5 ] CAN-2005-2363 [ 6 ] CAN-2005-2364 [ 7 ] CAN-2005-2365 [ 8 ] CAN-2005-2366 [ 9 ] CAN-2005-2367 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-27 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/. License ====== Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ . Celestial exhibits numerous critical flaws enabling unauthorized code deployment or unexpected shutdowns. Immediate patching necessary.. Ethereal Update, Gentoo Security, Network Analyzer. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 28, 2005 •Critical Gentoo