Security Advisory Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues

Advisory: RHSA-2003:323-07
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2003-11-10
Last updated on: 2003-11-10
Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux 9
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2003-0925
CVE-2003-0926
CVE-2003-0927

Details

Updated Ethereal packages that fix a number of exploitable security issues
are now available.

Ethereal is a program for monitoring network traffic.

A number of security issues affect Ethereal. By exploiting these issues,
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.

A buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
malformed GTP MSISDN string. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0925 to
this issue.

Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via certain malformed ISAKMP or MEGACO packets. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0926 to this issue.

A heap-based buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly
execute arbitrary code via the SOCKS dissector. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0927
to this issue.

Users of Ethereal should update to these erratum packages containing
Ethereal version 0.9.16, which is not vulnerable to these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red
Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Linux 7.2

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-0.72.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    51b11630b7e941a445b9e5b3c78bad71
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/ethereal-0.9.16-0.72.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    d82608ed91c6eedf65727684c6db5305
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.72.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    4f77f1ff00345c5ac17fab320d266623
 
IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/ethereal-0.9.16-0.72.1.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    6dd40a5f31ab113ba0e0165f8c1a50e4
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.72.1.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    d7b8d27500bdb6a81b1b2040c994299a
 
Red Hat Linux 7.3

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-0.73.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    1851780c3ca9c4b41154fde464f7baa5
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/ethereal-0.9.16-0.73.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    3606cb008369c2d23de53e595c1e4a3b
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.73.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    8db80d03f546cf633ff2346e57ff4492
 
Red Hat Linux 8.0

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-0.80.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    ea4799792230ece8074d766371e377f5
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/ethereal-0.9.16-0.80.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    3f794942c054cc80e211e235d2bd80a6
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.80.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    eb651ff758ac8e58e5edbac838930df8
 
Red Hat Linux 9

SRPMS:
ethereal-0.9.16-0.90.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2004:137
    45868a8ab244bee8b26454bd64c8894c
 
IA-32:
ethereal-0.9.16-0.90.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2004:137
    b0397b5f2745d05ebc9775bcf46ae26f
ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.90.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2004:137
    f29f45d6e0c2f5eba2fb524df3ead36d
 

References


Keywords

buffer, ethereal, overflow, SOCKS


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