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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200403-07 (ethereal)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200403-07.
Insight
Insight
Multiple overflows and vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal which may allow an attacker to crash the program or run arbitrary code.
Solution
Solution
All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected package: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3' # emerge '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200403-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45543 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html