Debian Security Advisory
DSA-920-1 ethereal -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 13 Dec 2005
- Affected Packages:
- ethereal
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 342911.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15794.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3651. - More information:
-
A buffer overflow has been discovered in ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser that causes a denial of service and may potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody14.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
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_0.9.4-1woody14.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.9.4-1woody14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.9.4-1woody14_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.9.4-1woody14_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.