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Mandriva: Updated ethereal packages fix vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the OSPF dissector in Ethereal. This could potentially be abused to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2005:227
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : ethereal
 Date    : December 14, 2005
 Affected: 2006.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the OSPF dissector in
 Ethereal.  This could potentially be abused to allow remote attackers
 to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3651
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
 027fdd01892a957cbd51e12bfb67c5f8  2006.0/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 73193fe2d3878cecab885d8b6cd6a08a  2006.0/RPMS/ethereal-tools-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 2ec34afc4cdbd31bfa68640f13ff806e  2006.0/RPMS/libethereal0-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 5254cd0a674ed501d25ec42ee4191cf1  2006.0/RPMS/tethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 a8c390894b8410e06b12d1f2049db2d6  2006.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
 09829fadefeb435e75aefa966b51cc56  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 5c0e3a206220014841a540e149fe96e0  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/ethereal-tools-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 7ca64eb45c380c5eccec6d99e4ca9780  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64ethereal0-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 8510de1e6d3f38ed08d6f863d56c0ee9  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/tethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 a8c390894b8410e06b12d1f2049db2d6  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.13-0.5.20060mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

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

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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