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Ethereal Multiple Unspecified Packet Dissector Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13946
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Release Date:
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2005-01-21
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Last Update:
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2005-01-24
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Popularity:
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12,213 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0006
CVE-2005-0007
CVE-2005-0008
CVE-2005-0009
CVE-2005-0010
CVE-2005-0084
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Ethereal, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
1) An unspecified error in the COPS dissector can be exploited to cause the process to enter an infinite loop and consume available CPU resources.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.10.6 through 0.10.8.
2) An unspecified error in the DLSw dissector can be exploited to crash the process.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.10.6 through 0.10.8.
3) An unspecified error in the DNP dissector can be exploited to corrupt memory content.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.10.5 through 0.10.8.
4) An unspecified error in the Gnutella dissector can be exploited to crash the process.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.10.6 through 0.10.8.
5) An unspecified error in the MMSE dissector may cause it to free static memory.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.10.4 through 0.10.8.
6) A boundary error in the X11 dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability affects versions 0.8.10 through 0.10.8.
Solution:
Update to version 0.10.9.
http://www.ethereal.com/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-01-24: Updated advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00017.html
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