Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51524
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:505
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:505. Ethereal is a powerful network traffic analyzer with an intuitive interface. This update addresses several vulnerabilities in ethereal <= 0.9.4 as stated[1][2] in the project's home page. The following protocol dissectors were vulnerable to various kinds of attacks (mainly DoS and arbitrary code execution): BGP, X11, DNS, GIOP, WCP, SOCKS, RSVP, AFS and LMP. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker who can insert crafted packets in the wire being monitored by ethereal or make an user open a trace file with such packets inside. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00005.html http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:505 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.