Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: ethereal | Linux Today

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: ethereal

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 18, 2004

Debian Security Advisory DSA 528-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Matt Zimmerman
July 17th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : ethereal
Vulnerability : denial of service
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0635

Several denial of service vulnerabilities were discovered in
ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilites are
described in the ethereal advisory “enpa-sa-00015”. Of these, only
one (CAN-2004-0635) affects the version of ethereal in Debian
woody. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker
to crash ethereal with an invalid SNMP packet.

For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have
been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody8.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been
fixed in version 0.10.5-1.

We recommend that you update your ethereal package.

Upgrade Instructions


wget url

will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb

will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update

will update the internal database apt-get upgrade

will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody


Source archives:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 679 c5f85d3109b55bb923fa92d31fddd366

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 45723 13ca3e386959b64a84277b3839428f31

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4.orig.tar.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 3278908 42e999daa659820ee93aaaa39ea1e9ea

Alpha architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody7_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1941020 d79e6c8e1457cfb06c76baf19e6b5b7d

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody7_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 334382 ac866af4b9479c44c3d4d84488bde94c

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody7_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 222246 1ee88001668518dea6abdb02e7cbe55a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody7_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1707506 02752471daed08c9df975e9f415ac4e0

ARM architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1635444 ff9cb62928d789b24a6c5841c3e91436

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 297606 b1375f8bd9d8cacc71ad3fbf00a1f264

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 206230 0ba04d5dc456d5a9acb469ed2fd77fa1

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1439468 c9b2573b86a2a280d5117702330cf51f

Intel IA-32 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1513164 081a6c9c91e6e2866b19114e94b1ea84

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 285110 d18fc98ceb30f79ca486d83e7358ee69

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 199340 d273fc21b4ed347570065aa5b3243b03

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1326442 8f6cb1a36f2a6269b6cdc943053e3eeb

Intel IA-64 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 2150504 098dbb2a11784974247f7ee0a8c894ee

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 373252 75951d4dc4612de089d43624c89226f9

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 233866 63a1b8e2f7a09d33e2ae2b14832f6c11

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1861770 b67706bc7c06f4834917a7feacef5c0f

HP Precision architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1804656 3f6e3b64dcf7fa7ec24e4903e6eb4441

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 322572 2a9b2fe74037ad2baed34e934693613d

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 217006 8f203644cc629f7b90fbe290a7331c01

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1575974 597ab8e522c47444089f5606ea38ad66

Motorola 680×0 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1424624 63c866224e2d5efd212313999332fd14

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 282874 827260d014ad4336b87291635d0595a1

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 195270 c58a696a6f3080fd75752fc4cd58f114

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1248780 efcdeed1077b9a8e2d81a6d8387cf044

Big endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1617012 e374d181270bb3d5efc4156315d26058

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 305420 713bf6aeb1a41da41573a154c90b55f3

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 213818 69db7e18ba54575f2445e8e980c2952a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1422026 8ba35f25038ca9fdf8dd30c0dc86789b

Little endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1598118 8a328cfddc5f3bbf7c03162046f57aea

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 304888 8de743837c27f24b73d73d4ed2a36405

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 213464 5533d4bdbcc5373438c871e120fa2f74

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1406390 1b3bb93c731127c64250373935c47350

PowerPC architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1618488 ae51ff6edce8054a95a3ebf908b92cf8

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 302034 8791e8337a9e5e63a244da42feeb825c

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 209042 44f3d706d792c50cfd21dc7e4907fbac

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1419264 26393dd3ba41e2f57d1ea5527813418b

IBM S/390 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1574656 9746ebdec21e4049f59e2fb75af2966f

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 300880 91e4d2951eb08a7517a4cf2bb309f493

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 204102 2fb255bdc6815a575474d1e2645ba538

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1387420 5881b45bbc4bd8f44c4892092847d4ad

Sun Sparc architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1583280 e70b9983a694722b0900bec912cd407b

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody8_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 318156 e553da864b756755d6ee6503d85baef7

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody8_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 204890 91b3fd912fccf9f63163169ea10b0c29

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody8_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1389328 dfe60fb22d64807514c0bd20ad40fa67

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution
on its next revision.


For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/
stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>’ and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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