Mandrake alert: Updated ethereal packages fix multiple remotely exploitable vulnerabilities

Posted by dave on Dec 10, 2003 7:05 PM EDT
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A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in ethereal that, if exploited, could be used to make ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by injecting malicious malformed packets onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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 Package name:           ethereal
 Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:114
 Date:                   December 10th, 2003

 Affected versions:	 9.1, 9.2
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 Problem Description:

 A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in ethereal that, if
 exploited, could be used to make ethereal crash or run arbitrary code
 by injecting malicious malformed packets onto the wire or by
 convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
 
 A buffer overflow allows attackers to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
 and possibly execute arbitrary code using a malformed GTP MSISDN
 string (CAN-2003-0925).
 
 Likewise, a DoS can be caused by using malformed ISAKMP or MEGACO
 packets (CAN-2003-0926).
 
 Finally, a heap-based buffer overflow allows attackers to cause a DoS
 or execute arbitrary code using the SOCKS dissector (CAN-2003-0927).
 
 All three vulnerabilities affect all versions of Ethereal up to and
 including 0.9.15.  This update provides 0.9.16 which corrects all of
 these issues.  Also note that each vulnerability can be exploited by
 a remote attacker.
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 References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0925
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0926
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0927
  http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00011.html
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 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 6f7a55137bfe58e52ac26c7a1555117d  9.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
 58ba4528b16ee80cfbbd6ab6a881f6ed  9.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.91mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
 db5ae031a844f1dea0c9d4329f54c487  ppc/9.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
 58ba4528b16ee80cfbbd6ab6a881f6ed  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.91mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.2:
 f88623242a1f28900a073c6b205e8f67  9.2/RPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
 3be53a6f83092086aa74d3334e4e1133  9.2/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.16-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

 All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

 Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
 update.

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

 MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
 anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
 visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>
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