Ethereal colour filter file denial of service
| ethereal-colour-filter-dos (15572) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Ethereal is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted colour filter file, a remote attacker could cause a segmentation fault.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Ethereal (0.10.3 or later), when it becomes available from the Ethereal Web site. See References.
References:
- Ethereal Application Note enpa-sa-00013: Multiple security problems in Ethereal 0.10.2.
- Ethereal Web site: The Ethereal Network Analyzer.
- CVE-2004-1761: Unknown vulnerability in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed color filter file.
- RHSA-2004-136: ethereal security update
- RHSA-2004-137: Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
- SA11185: Ethereal Multiple Vulnerabilities
- US-CERT VU#695486: Ethereal fails to properly handle malformed color filter files
Platforms Affected:
- Ethereal Ethereal 0.8.13 - 0.10.2
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Linux 9.0
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
Reported:
Mar 22, 2004
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