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Red Hat update for ethereal
Secunia Advisory: SA19958
Release Date: 2006-05-04
Popularity: 6,430 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1932
CVE-2006-1933
CVE-2006-1934
CVE-2006-1935
CVE-2006-1936
CVE-2006-1937
CVE-2006-1938
CVE-2006-1939
CVE-2006-1940


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for ethereal. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA19769

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0420.html

Other References:
SA19769:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19769/


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