Executive Summary

Summary
Title New ethereal packages fix denial of service
Informations
Name DSA-613 First vendor Publication 2004-12-21
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2004-12-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Brian Caswell discovered that an improperly formatted SMB packet could make ethereal hang and eat CPU endlessly.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody9.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ethereal packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-613

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11278
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11278
Title: Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain malformed SMB packet.
Description: Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain malformed SMB packet.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-1142
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25
Application 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 11
Os 9
Os 1
Os 2
Os 8

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for ethereal
File : nvt/sles9p5010966.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for ethereal
File : nvt/sles9p5016846.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200412-15 (Ethereal)
File : nvt/glsa_200412_15.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
File : nvt/freebsd_ethereal1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 613-1 (ethereal)
File : nvt/deb_613_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12383 Ethereal Malformed SMB Packet DoS

Ethereal contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when Ethereal receives a malformed SMB packet that can maximize the CPU utilization and result in loss of availability for the service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2005-07-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_efa1344b547711d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-12-21 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-613.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-12-21 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-152.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-12-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200412-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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