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MDKSA-2003:067: ethereal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
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-2003:067 (ethereal).

Several vulnerabilities in ethereal were discovered by Timo Sirainen. Integer
overflows were found in the Mount and PPP dissectors, as well as one-byte buffer
overflows in the AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2, Quake3, Rsync,
SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors. These vulnerabilties were corrected in ethereal
0.9.12.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 7493, 7494, 7495

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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