Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: ethereal

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Several of the packet dissectors in ethereal contain string
handling bugs which could be exploited using a maliciously crafted
packet to cause ethereal to consume excessive amounts of memory,
crash, or execute arbitrary code.

These vulnerabilites were announced in the following Ethereal
security advisory:

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html

Ethereal 0.9.4 in Debian 3.0 (woody) is affected by most of the
problems described in the advisory, including:

• The DCERPC dissector could try to allocate too much memory
  while trying to decode an NDR string.
• Bad IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths could cause an overflow in the
  OSI dissector.
• The tvb_get_nstringz0() routine incorrectly handled a
  zero-length buffer size.
• The BGP, WTP, DNS, 802.11, ISAKMP, WSP, CLNP, and ISIS
  dissectors handled strings improperly.

The following problems do NOT affect this version:

• The SPNEGO dissector could segfault while parsing an invalid
  ASN.1 value.
• The RMI dissector handled strings improperly

as these modules are not present.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been
fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody5.

The old stable distribution (potato) these problems will be
fixed in a future advisory.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in
version 0.9.13-1.

We recommend that you update your ethereal package.

Upgrade Instructions

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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

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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 679 fb98a4629ed5c2a09188264978e235cb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 36263 4db84b40ff262dc4fa536bcbb215eb2b

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_0.9.4-1woody5_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1938816 8e4a1ce81eb9f19d45c01e590d9a377e

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 334136 08bf42a6d7dbb50692d708d7a9197d87

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 221920 ee4403d6c0b7c07c83eec534988a84ee

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1705816 7ee849802d94d148a14119f76992b2f0

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1633896 0abfa9d3c0eb5db8321a6762ab9dfa7b

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 297150 bfbad9f07fab5ab34a6eab1ef8e5953d

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 205828 ea7d760224ab01952527eacbc4587d20

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1438470 4f1f6d0135cbfc0044c688c39a956bea

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1511912 5c1107c1016a8025e5b1d56eeccf84df

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 286266 9c979f57424b5d55c5de6621098e96d2

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 198218 c49c94d9dc7312668c9b48a550df6a1c

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1324568 9aeb2ffbc5277b3196b83e6d38b53621

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 2149036 c68b86189746723e62bf08368bce227b

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 372962 9247b82b07d2eb11446fdce5f88983dc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 233512 c030461e088a87758a4ba9935f0733e1

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1859410 ab7f2190f094c3b8e67d56ff49045b9a

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1802910 eb690bcb02ebf1c750205177cb248f72

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 322214 5ee2178f9c733121c7a1f0d524627880

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 216700 fa66e8a08983e09421560bd10f3c3965

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1574692 b336a02e18c9f495960a9d0dec3d8e45

Motorola 680×0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1423170 d59023d4c5cdf8dde7d3bfe8cc33d587

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 282466 6c85c7db7c36488746ef3f1e4a18d186

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 194916 d33873842e7080c48de9e9c337c76c79

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1247402 58295f85485a65b3f65e2f4af5ef5961

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1616264 7d0870d9b8b38f03a0a380996dfa33f9

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 305088 295015eb873bfb754e75c1396e752243

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 213484 8d0afae76790f5fdbebfd785bd3e0eb5

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1421086 ecfbd6ffa565b529da0e654f344a1d55

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1596546 b84b95c09877df3556a688045c99c260

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 304588 762bfcd3d71a6baec47e2e1faec0ef4c

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 213108 666e6babaccfceda951053a9e03d5e77

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1405282 93b65858bfce3a879a05de921f2b0adc

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1616884 20f757b5b8bbdd9c604741f0a4e6f844

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 301724 96ce6842b578c13330879589a1692d47

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 208664 de9e536ef2560206395d9ede28c4aeef

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1418060 f28e69f82efff9434c37ac70f9f6af86

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1573598 a93240eca8bb226a0ad8bcabc6a6c5a3

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 300554 a239b466decac0566be563242665d1aa

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 203712 94f12ad0a3961df640587313f2b20b6a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1386068 6401707646ae88c8220e5c6143a9c40b

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1581564 c60e1b864726561eea77d65c6c3d4da3

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody5_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 317866 16956acf9b44bf36174733cd620348d3

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody5_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 204488 a5bccb53d6e679c552cb0093936c0e69

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody5_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1388806 429a6f0c8c4ff5443dbabd94610998aa

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

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/stable/updates
main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-securitydists/stable/updates/main

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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