GLSA-200503-16 : Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 17318

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-16 (Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities)

There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than 0.10.10, including:
The Etheric, 3GPP2 A11 and IAPP dissectors are vulnerable to buffer overflows (CAN-2005-0704, CAN-2005-0699 and CAN-2005-0739).
The GPRS-LLC could crash when the 'ignore cipher bit' option is enabled (CAN-2005-0705).
Various vulnerabilities in JXTA and sFlow dissectors.
Impact :

An attacker might be able to use these vulnerabilities to crash Ethereal and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Ethereal, which could be the root user.
Workaround :

For a temporary workaround you can disable all affected protocol dissectors. However, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to the latest stable version.

Solution

All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.10'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17318

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-16.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ethereal, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0699, CVE-2005-0704, CVE-2005-0705, CVE-2005-0739, CVE-2005-0765, CVE-2005-0766

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200503-16

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