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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200412-15 (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 200412-15.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal, which may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code, crash the program or perform DoS by CPU and disk utilization.
Solution
Solution
All ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.8' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74443 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html