rhsa-2003_076
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2003-04-23 20:20
Modified
2024-11-21 22:41
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated ethereal packages fix security vulnerabilities

Notes

Topic
Updated ethereal packages are now available which fix a format string bug and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Details
Ethereal is a package designed for monitoring network traffic on your system. Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via carefully crafted SOCKS packets. Red Hat would like to thank Georgi Guninski for reporting this issue. Additionally, a heap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. Users of Ethereal should update to the erratum packages containing Ethereal version 0.9.11 which are not vulnerable to these issues.
Terms of Use
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