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An ethereal security update is available for Red HAt Enterprise Linux

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: ethereal security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:427-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-427.html
Issue date: 2005-05-24
Updated on: 2005-05-24
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CAN-2005-1456 CAN-2005-1457 CAN-2005-1458 CAN-2005-1459 CAN-2005-1460 CAN-2005-1461 CAN-2005-1462 CAN-2005-1463 CAN-2005-1464 CAN-2005-1465 CAN-2005-1466 CAN-2005-1467 CAN-2005-1468 CAN-2005-1469 CAN-2005-1470
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1. Summary:

Updated Ethereal packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64



3. Problem description:

The ethereal package is a program for monitoring network traffic.

A number of security flaws have been discovered in Ethereal. On a system where Ethereal is running, a remote attacker could send malicious packets to trigger these flaws and cause Ethereal to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2005-1456, CAN-2005-1457, CAN-2005-1458, CAN-2005-1459, CAN-2005-1460, CAN-2005-1461, CAN-2005-1462, CAN-2005-1463, CAN-2005-1464, CAN-2005-1465, CAN-2005-1466, CAN-2005-1467, CAN-2005-1468, CAN-2005-1469, and CAN-2005-1470 to these issues.

Users of ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain version 0.10.11 which is not vulnerable to these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

156911 - multiple ethereal security issues


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm
0b21799c49fc8c2cecf89d1b4cf8344f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm

i386:
d073461de6033a9b54868983f1e8a57f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm
6fbab843d5b9db3dbf20dd51a5326bc5 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
a998856f27fc440f36c4f06f3fba73a6 ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.ia64.rpm
196cc361800f73d8cd417470b8382784 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm
0b21799c49fc8c2cecf89d1b4cf8344f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm

ia64:
a998856f27fc440f36c4f06f3fba73a6 ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.ia64.rpm
196cc361800f73d8cd417470b8382784 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm
0b21799c49fc8c2cecf89d1b4cf8344f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm

i386:
d073461de6033a9b54868983f1e8a57f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm
6fbab843d5b9db3dbf20dd51a5326bc5 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm
0b21799c49fc8c2cecf89d1b4cf8344f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.src.rpm

i386:
d073461de6033a9b54868983f1e8a57f ethereal-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm
6fbab843d5b9db3dbf20dd51a5326bc5 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm
2bc945fb2b41cd50103a5a6d5d06b8a9 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm

i386:
7ae09e2aa199a2a9481c06b92d231e1d ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm
a715b1bfbb2e5eb8b9404c732b560383 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
8c838c44496eac706a84564e3214d86c ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm
7018e509f29c7932ff54360d6636556c ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
6108eb261f27496e93e114da49155136 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ppc.rpm
d7ae48638b139142c9c99cb3d2848636 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ppc.rpm

s390:
ba40ab1703aa6279fb8805a8ba9c9440 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.s390.rpm
2df76ee89a7a835fab203736a8dcd132 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
7f1a798128a574d46874cf7c4d6fd252 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.s390x.rpm
7f3243e9939635e20fed82fe47806605 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
305b213ec8ce371cbb63659cfeeeacc8 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
d94093e389d30ee9647e16d0f419b3f6 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm
2bc945fb2b41cd50103a5a6d5d06b8a9 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm

i386:
7ae09e2aa199a2a9481c06b92d231e1d ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm
a715b1bfbb2e5eb8b9404c732b560383 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
305b213ec8ce371cbb63659cfeeeacc8 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
d94093e389d30ee9647e16d0f419b3f6 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm
2bc945fb2b41cd50103a5a6d5d06b8a9 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm

i386:
7ae09e2aa199a2a9481c06b92d231e1d ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm
a715b1bfbb2e5eb8b9404c732b560383 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
8c838c44496eac706a84564e3214d86c ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm
7018e509f29c7932ff54360d6636556c ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
305b213ec8ce371cbb63659cfeeeacc8 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
d94093e389d30ee9647e16d0f419b3f6 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm
2bc945fb2b41cd50103a5a6d5d06b8a9 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.src.rpm

i386:
7ae09e2aa199a2a9481c06b92d231e1d ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm
a715b1bfbb2e5eb8b9404c732b560383 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
8c838c44496eac706a84564e3214d86c ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm
7018e509f29c7932ff54360d6636556c ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
305b213ec8ce371cbb63659cfeeeacc8 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
d94093e389d30ee9647e16d0f419b3f6 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm
31827231cfd39c1f58c507b5f6b18f0a ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386:
242ac3e7bf5c4ce383846f0da2c75bb3 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm
fd29b49e9fd1fed6fea304f5bce3c635 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
a681b93f9a5fdf707fbeb45f5388ab60 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm
865a6db98828885c06f2830647d717c8 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
871b6520758e58526df3cd6dc0089002 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ppc.rpm
8ff35168d4a835a3170df2dd30ee9385 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ppc.rpm

s390:
c88c44f2d1c04d4287b69ae59671f364 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm
ddd61e3d6dee74355a57cee01181b4a8 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
6dab852b08c392fffe26cb57372910ec ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm
1fb0433a4c4be9d7fd16f05236a65396 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
29c7d4f991b56f5ce0f11c4a7967049b ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm
4ae4f5ccd3fc44ff5fe29563702178fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm
31827231cfd39c1f58c507b5f6b18f0a ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386:
242ac3e7bf5c4ce383846f0da2c75bb3 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm
fd29b49e9fd1fed6fea304f5bce3c635 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
29c7d4f991b56f5ce0f11c4a7967049b ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm
4ae4f5ccd3fc44ff5fe29563702178fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm
31827231cfd39c1f58c507b5f6b18f0a ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386:
242ac3e7bf5c4ce383846f0da2c75bb3 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm
fd29b49e9fd1fed6fea304f5bce3c635 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
a681b93f9a5fdf707fbeb45f5388ab60 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm
865a6db98828885c06f2830647d717c8 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
29c7d4f991b56f5ce0f11c4a7967049b ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm
4ae4f5ccd3fc44ff5fe29563702178fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm
31827231cfd39c1f58c507b5f6b18f0a ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386:
242ac3e7bf5c4ce383846f0da2c75bb3 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm
fd29b49e9fd1fed6fea304f5bce3c635 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
a681b93f9a5fdf707fbeb45f5388ab60 ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm
865a6db98828885c06f2830647d717c8 ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
29c7d4f991b56f5ce0f11c4a7967049b ethereal-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm
4ae4f5ccd3fc44ff5fe29563702178fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.11-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00019.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1456
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1457
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1458
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1459
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1460
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1461
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1462
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1463
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1464
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1465
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1466
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1467
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1469
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1470

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc.