Ethereal GTP MSISDN buffer overflow

ethereal-gtp-msisdn-bo (13576) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Ethereal is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote attacker could create a malformed GTP (GPRS Tunneling Protocol) MSISDN (Mobile Subscriber ISDN number) packet to overflow a buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system or cause Ethereal to crash.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Ethereal (0.9.16 or later), as listed in Ethereal Application Note enpa-sa-00011. See References.

For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2003:780 for more information. See References.

Conectiva Linux 7.0: 0.9.16-1U70_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 8: 0.9.16-1U80_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 9: 0.9.16-2709U90_1cl or later

For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2003:323-07 for more information. See References.

Red Hat 7.2: 0.9.16-0.72.1 or later
Red Hat 7.3: 0.9.16-0.73.1 or later
Red Hat 8.0: 0.9.16-0.80.1 or later
Red Hat 9: 0.9.16-0.90.1 or later

For Red Hat Linux containing the ethereal package:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2003:324-09 for more information. See References.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) (v. 3), ES (v.2.1) (v. 3), WS (v.2.1) (v. 3), and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor and (v. 3): 0.9.16-0.AS21.1 or 0.9.16-0.30E.1 or later

For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of ethereal (0.9.16 or later), as listed in Gentoo Linux Security Announcement 200311-04. See References.

For Turbolinux:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package (0.9.16-1 or later), as listed in Turbolinux Security Advisory TLSA-2003-64. See References.

For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:114 : ethereal for more information. See References.

Mandrake Linux 9.1: 0.9.16-2.1.91mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 9.2: 0.9.16-2.1.92mdk or later

For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest version of ethereal (0.9.4-1woody6 or later), as listed in DSA-407-1. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Conectiva Linux 7.0
  • Conectiva Linux 8.0
  • Conectiva Linux 9.0
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.0
  • Ethereal Ethereal 0.9.15
  • Gentoo Linux
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 PPC
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.2
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat Linux 7.2
  • RedHat Linux 7.3
  • RedHat Linux 8.0
  • RedHat Linux 9.0
  • RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Desktop

Reported:

Nov 03, 2003

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