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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Mandrake Local Security Checks >> MDKSA-2005:083: ethereal Vulnerability Assessment Details
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MDKSA-2005:083: ethereal |
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Check for the version of the ethereal package Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2005:083 (ethereal). A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in previous version of Ethereal that have been fixed in the 0.10.11 release, including: - The ANSI A and DHCP dissectors are vulnerable to format string vulnerabilities. - The DISTCC, FCELS, SIP, ISIS, CMIP, CMP, CMS, CRMF, ESS, OCSP, PKIX1Explitit, PKIX Qualified, X.509, Q.931, MEGACO, NCP, ISUP, TCAP and Presentation dissectors are vulnerable to buffer overflows. - The KINK, WSP, SMB Mailslot, H.245, MGCP, Q.931, RPC, GSM and SMB NETLOGON dissectors are vulnerable to pointer handling errors. - The LMP, KINK, MGCP, RSVP, SRVLOC, EIGRP, MEGACO, DLSw, NCP and L2TP dissectors are vulnerable to looping problems. - The Telnet and DHCP dissectors could abort. - The TZSP, Bittorrent, SMB, MGCP and ISUP dissectors could cause a segmentation fault. - The WSP, 802.3 Slow protocols, BER, SMB Mailslot, SMB, NDPS, IAX2, RADIUS, SMB PIPE, MRDISC and TCAP dissectors could throw assertions. - The DICOM, NDPS and ICEP dissectors are vulnerable to memory handling errors. - The GSM MAP, AIM, Fibre Channel,SRVLOC, NDPS, LDAP and NTLMSSP dissectors could terminate abnormallly. Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:083 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security |
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