Security Advisory Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues

Advisory: RHSA-2004:137-07
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2004-03-31
Last updated on: 2004-03-31
Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 9
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-0176
CVE-2004-0365
CVE-2004-0367
CVE-2004-1761

Details

Updated Ethereal packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now
available.

Ethereal is a program for monitoring network traffic.

Stefan Esser reported that Ethereal versions 0.10.1 and earlier contain
stack overflows in the IGRP, PGM, Metflow, ISUP, TCAP, or IGAP dissectors.
On a system where Ethereal is being run a remote attacker could send
malicious packets that could cause Ethereal to crash or execute arbitrary
code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2004-0176 to this issue.

Jonathan Heussser discovered that a carefully-crafted RADIUS packet could
cause a crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0365 to this issue.

Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via a zero-length Presentation protocol selector. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CAN-2004-0367 to this issue.

Users of Ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a version of Ethereal that 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 9

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.3-0.90.1.src.rpm
Missing file
    50c70de14c55d5176ec163545cc49c25
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/ethereal-0.10.3-0.90.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    48670725bb0b0cd1370fa2819ac69360
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.90.1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    6aec3561d6598dd3af9e2e037aa41eee
 

References



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