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Gentoo update for ethereal
Secunia Advisory: SA15280
Release Date: 2005-05-09
Popularity: 5,460 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1281
CVE-2005-1456
CVE-2005-1457
CVE-2005-1458
CVE-2005-1459
CVE-2005-1460
CVE-2005-1461
CVE-2005-1462
CVE-2005-1463
CVE-2005-1464
CVE-2005-1465
CVE-2005-1466
CVE-2005-1467
CVE-2005-1468
CVE-2005-1469
CVE-2005-1470


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

For more information:
SA15144

Solution:
Update to "net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.11" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-03.xml

Other References:
SA15144:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15144/


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