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81 lines
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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="200604-17">
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<title>Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities in protocol dissectors</title>
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<synopsis>
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Ethereal is vulnerable to numerous vulnerabilities, potentially resulting
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in the execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">Ethereal</product>
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<announced>2006-04-27</announced>
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<revised count="01">2006-04-27</revised>
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<bug>130505</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">0.99.0</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.99.0</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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Ethereal is a feature-rich network protocol analyzer.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Coverity discovered numerous vulnerabilities in versions of
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Ethereal prior to 0.99.0, including:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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buffer overflows in the ALCAP (CVE-2006-1934), COPS (CVE-2006-1935)
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and telnet (CVE-2006-1936) dissectors.</li>
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<li>buffer overflows
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in the NetXray/Windows Sniffer and Network Instruments file code
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(CVE-2006-1934).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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For further details please consult the
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references below.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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An attacker might be able to exploit these vulnerabilities to crash
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Ethereal or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
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running Ethereal, which could be the root user.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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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 Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.99.0"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1932">CVE-2006-1932</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1933">CVE-2006-1933</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1934">CVE-2006-1934</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1935">CVE-2006-1935</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1936">CVE-2006-1936</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1937">CVE-2006-1937</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1938">CVE-2006-1938</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1939">CVE-2006-1939</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1940">CVE-2006-1940</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.html">Ethereal enpa-sa-00023</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-04-25T11:35:49Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-04-27T05:10:07Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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