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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53486
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-653-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ethereal' package(s) announced via the DSA-653-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ethereal' package(s) announced via the DSA-653-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow has been detected in the X11 dissector of ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser. A remote attacker may be able to overflow a buffer using a specially crafted IP packet. More problems have been discovered which don't apply to the version in woody but are fixed in sid as well.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody11.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ethereal package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ethereal' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0084
BugTraq ID: 12326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12326
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: P-106
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-106.shtml
Debian Security Information: DSA-653 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-653
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-27.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:013
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9140
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-037.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13946/
XForce ISS Database: ethereal-x11-bo(19004)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19004
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