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Fedora update for ethereal
Secunia Advisory: SA19828
Release Date: 2006-04-26
Last Update: 2006-04-27
Popularity: 9,062 views

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

OS:Fedora Core 4
Fedora Core 5

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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:
Fedora 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:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 5:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/

db2d1fa4854b097f2d5443b477219e2d07ab9242 SRPMS/ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1.src.rpm
2a4443475f30970021161e5783fad691a3ca735c ppc/ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1.ppc.rpm
52d37a0046435d710470ec8b82365b9a7f11adb4 ppc/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc5.1.ppc.rpm
b4fc06d09f40a9a2e860260985b08d3293f0923a
ppc/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc5.1.ppc.rpm
97b4d5d2d9102f738756941f8c11cbc0a297c10b x86_64/ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1.x86_64.rpm
f18308798b547d5ebdd6343b5e721f451462db1c x86_64/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc5.1.x86_64.rpm
289851bf8d2942a39bead770bda76b983606dbcc
x86_64/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc5.1.x86_64.rpm
558e4618167c0667502d032fc60389199511e692 i386/ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1.i386.rpm
b0c8f0082befdfb6ecf8acdf5af575b30ad9b1de i386/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc5.1.i386.rpm
1c5dc98172f23708dd31e3dfaea056e45237e528
i386/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc5.1.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

462f828b3f5708f7a9225952e1b01f3a10c8c28f SRPMS/ethereal-0.99.0-fc4.1.src.rpm
10af5f56d3be8b24ba3cbd1930f5edfa02fefc4f ppc/ethereal-0.99.0-fc4.1.ppc.rpm
3c3424e8a2840994ed64e7071096a82567be076a ppc/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc4.1.ppc.rpm
6ee0df23b23b6b52587d3041b5b8435fcf9b7f18
ppc/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc4.1.ppc.rpm
2f9a992da291462ff8496525352b809f0338c2b4 x86_64/ethereal-0.99.0-fc4.1.x86_64.rpm
ba97833a340bb014beb26e6a74b0ed4a4169bc2f x86_64/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc4.1.x86_64.rpm
8d03f722713ee6e55cefc149af72440733f0d48f
x86_64/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc4.1.x86_64.rpm
6a24e66c6d732387713af9f83a6cd01508f2c73f i386/ethereal-0.99.0-fc4.1.i386.rpm
bf074656cfb1a0bf70264fd27a08ad0cc3602110 i386/ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc4.1.i386.rpm
9323b27214f01f1dc34a082ff1c5961773319f9b
i386/debug/ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc4.1.i386.rpm

Changelog:
2006-04-27: Updated "Solution" section. Added updated packages for Fedora Core 4.

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


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