Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2006:002)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20472

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Three vulnerabilities were discovered in Ethereal 0.10.13 :

The IRC and GTP dissectors could go into an infinite loop.

A buffer overflow was discovered by iDefense in the OSPF dissector.

Ethereal has been upgraded to 0.10.14 which does not suffer from these problems.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20472

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-002.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ethereal0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libethereal0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tethereal, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3651

BID: 15794

MDKSA: 2006:002

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