Ethereal GTP dissector denial of service
| ethereal-gtp-dissector-dos (23849) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Ethereal is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified vulnerability in the GTP dissector. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Ethereal to enter into an infinite loop and crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Ethereal Security Advisory enpa-sa-00022 for upgrade and workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0156-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Ethereal Security Advisory enpa-sa-00022: Multiple problems in Ethereal versions 0.8.20 to 0.10.13.
- Ethereal Web site: Ethereal: A network Protocol Analyzer.
- Ethereal Web site: Ethereal: Download.
- ASA-2006-046: Ethereal security update (RHSA-2006-0156)
- BID-16076: Ethereal GTP Protocol Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-4585: Unspecified vulnerability in the GTP dissector for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.
- OSVDB ID: 22092: Ethereal GTP Dissector Infinite Loop Remote DoS
- RHSA-2006-0156: ethereal security update
- SA18229: Ethereal GTP Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA18911: Avaya Products Ethereal Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015414: Ethereal IRC and GTP Dissectors Let Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2006:004: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-3095: Ethereal Protocol Dissectors Buffer Overflow and DoS Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Ethereal Ethereal 0.9.1 - 0.10.13
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
Reported:
Dec 27, 2005
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