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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200403-07">
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<title>Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal</title>
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<synopsis>
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Mulitple overflows and vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal which may allow an
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attacker to crash the program or run arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">ethereal</product>
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<announced>March 28, 2004</announced>
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<revised>March 28, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>45543</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-analyzer/ethereal" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.10.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">0.10.2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Quote from http://www.ethereal.com
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</p>
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<p>
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"Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for
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troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and
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education. It has all of the standard features you would expect in a
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protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its
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open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to
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add enhancements. It runs on all popular computing platforms, including
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Unix, Linux, and Windows."
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than 0.10.3, including:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Thirteen buffer overflows in the following protocol dissectors: NetFlow, IGAP, EIGRP, PGM, IrDA, BGP, ISUP, and TCAP.</li>
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<li>A zero-length Presentation protocol selector could make Ethereal crash.</li>
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<li>A vulnerability in the RADIUS packet dissector which may crash ethereal.</li>
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<li>A corrupt color filter file could cause a segmentation fault.</li>
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</ul>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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These vulnerabilities may cause Ethereal to crash or may allow an attacker
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to run arbitrary code on the user's computer.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are
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advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected package:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3"
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# emerge ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html">Multiple security problems in Ethereal 0.10.2</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0176">CAN-2004-0176</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0365">CAN-2004-0365</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0367">CAN-2004-0367</uri>
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</references>
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</glsa>
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