Debian Security Advisory

DSA-258-1 ethereal -- format string vulnerability

Date Reported:

10 Mar 2003

Affected Packages:

ethereal

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7049.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0081.

More information:

Georgi Guninski discovered a problem in ethereal, a network traffic analyzer. The program contains a format string vulnerability that could probably lead to execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody3.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected by this problem.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.9-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your ethereal packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.