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MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:070 : ethereal

 

June 23rd, 2003

Updated ethereal packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

 

A number of string handling bugs were found in the packet dissectors in ethereal that can be exploited using specially crafted packets to cause ethereal to consume excessive amounts of memory, crash, or even execute arbitray code.

 

These vulnerabilities have been fixed upsteam in ethereal 0.9.13 and all users are encouraged to upgrade.

 

 

The released versions of Mandrake GNU/Linux affected are:

  • 9.1

 

[*] 9.1/PPC

Full information about this advisory, including the updated packages, is available at:

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:070

 

Other references:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0428

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0429

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0431

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0432

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html

 

Posted automatically by aru (mdksec2mub v0.0.6)

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