Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:53 -0500
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2000:116-05] Ethereal vulnerable to buffer
overflows
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Ethereal vulnerable to buffer overflows
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:116-05
Issue date: 2000-11-27
Updated on: 2000-11-29
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: Ethereal buffer
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
Updated Ethereal packages are available.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 7.0 – i386, alpha
3. Problem description:
Versions of Ethereal prior to 0.8.14 are vulnerable to buffer
overflows. The ethereal-0.8.14 packages correct this problem.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/ethereal-0.8.14-1.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/ethereal-0.8.14-1.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/ethereal-0.8.14-1.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/ethereal-0.8.14-1.src.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/ethereal-0.8.14-3.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/ethereal-0.8.14-3.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.8.14-3.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
13eed73d9caab98a03ead9a13380075e 6.2/SRPMS/ethereal-0.8.14-1.src.rpm 1d5f8aa293442f13f48daff591bbcfa0 6.2/alpha/ethereal-0.8.14-1.alpha.rpm 6bd72ad178e8f8f5aa6697c35393ab77 6.2/i386/ethereal-0.8.14-1.i386.rpm 23b04d12995a9ef68316bde5c9cb4c69 6.2/sparc/ethereal-0.8.14-1.sparc.rpm e13a586b0940e99e1be569df799cfca7 7.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.8.14-3.src.rpm f66c8f700e762f1fcd03659f0e27626a 7.0/alpha/ethereal-0.8.14-3.alpha.rpm fd164d3509dde25d21fd7cb926ba0e65 7.0/i386/ethereal-0.8.14-3.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>
8. References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/vdb/bottom.html%3Fvid%3D1972
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