Ethereal DICOM dissector denial of service
| ethereal-dicom-dos (18484) |  High Risk |
Description:
Ethereal is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the DICOM dissector. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Ethereal to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Ethereal, Ethereal 0.10.4 - 0.10.7
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Ethereal (0.10.8 or later), available from the Ethereal Download Web page. See References.
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest ethereal package as listed below. Refer to Mandrakesoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:152 . See References.
Mandrake Linux 10.0: 0.10.8-0.1.100mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.0/AMD64: 0.10.8-0.1.100mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.1: 0.10.8-0.1.100mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.1/X86_64: 0.10.8-0.1.100mdk or later
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of ethereal (0.10.8 or later), as listed in GLSA 200412-15. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:037-11 or RHSA-2005:011-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-061, Ethereal Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-061.shtml.
- Ethereal Download Web page, Official Releases at http://www.ethereal.com/download.html.
- Ethereal Security Advisory, December 15, 2004, Multiple problems in Ethereal versions 0.9.0 to 0.10.7 at http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html.
- Ethereal Web site, The Ethereal Network Analyzer at http://www.ethereal.com/.
- BID-11943: Ethereal Multiple Unspecified Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1139: Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal 0.10.4 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
- GLSA-200412-15: Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2004:152: Updated ethereal packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2005-011: ethereal security update
- RHSA-2005-037: ethereal security update
- SA13468: Ethereal Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2005:003: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Dec 15, 2004
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