GLSA-200407-08 : Ethereal: Multiple security problems

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14541

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-200407-08 (Ethereal: Multiple security problems)

There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than 0.10.5, including:
In some cases the iSNS dissector could cause Ethereal to abort.
If there was no policy name for a handle for SMB SID snooping it could cause a crash.
A malformed or missing community string could cause the SNMP dissector to crash.
Impact :

An attacker could use these vulnerabilities to crash Ethereal or even 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 by selecting Analyze->Enabled Protocols... and deselecting them from the list. For SMB you can disable SID snooping in the SMB protocol preference. However, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest stable version.

Solution

All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.5' # emerge '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.5'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14541

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200407-08.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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: 7/9/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0633, CVE-2004-0634, CVE-2004-0635

GLSA: 200407-08

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