| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to ethereal
announced via advisory DSA 407-1.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered upstream in ethereal, a
network traffic analyzer. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2003-0925
A buffer overflow allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed GTP
MSISDN string.
CVE-2003-0926
Via certain malformed ISAKMP or MEGACO packets remote attackers are
able to cause a denial of service (crash).
CVE-2003-0927
A heap-based buffer overflow allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
the SOCKS dissector.
CVE-2003-1012
The SMB dissector allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service via a malformed SMB packet that triggers a segmentation
fault during processing of selected packets.
CVE-2003-1013
The Q.931 dissector allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via a malformed Q.931, which triggers a null
dereference.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.4-1woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.10.0-1.
Solution:
We recommend that you upgrade your ethereal and tethereal packages.
CVSS Score:
7.5
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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