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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-13 |
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PACKAGE : ethereal |
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SUMMARY : arbitrary code execution |
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DATE : 2003-06-25 22:36 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <ethereal-0.9.13 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=ethereal-0.9.13 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0432 |
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from advisory: |
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"It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by |
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injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing |
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someone to read a malformed packet trace file." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-analyzer/ethereal upgrade to ethereal as follows |
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emerge sync |
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emerge ethereal |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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