Gentoo update for ethereal
Secunia Advisory: SA19839
Release Date: 2006-04-27
Popularity: 6,478 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-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:
Gentoo 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:
Update to "net-analyzer/ethereal-0.99.0" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-17.xml

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


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