Many security vulnerabilities have been fixed since the previous release.
The H.248 dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The UMA dissector could go into an infinite loop.
Versions affected: 0.10.12 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1933
The X.509if dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The SRVLOC dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.0 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The H.245 dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.13 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
Ethereal’s OID printing routine was susceptible to an off-by-one error. Versions affected: 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1932
The COPS dissector could overflow a buffer. Versions affected: 0.9.15 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1935
The ALCAP dissector could overflow a buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1934
Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coverity has uncovered a number of vulnerabilities in Ethereal :
The statistics counter could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.10.10 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
Ethereal could crash while reading a malformed Sniffer capture. Versions affected: 0.8.12 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1938
An invalid display filter could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The general packet dissector could crash Ethereal.
Versions affected: 0.10.9 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The AIM dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.10.7 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The RPC dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.8 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The DCERPC dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The ASN.1 dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.8 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The SMB PIPE dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.8.20 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1938
The BER dissector could loop excessively. Versions affected: 0.10.4 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1933
The SNDCP dissector could abort. Versions affected:
0.10.4 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1940
The Network Instruments file code could overrun a buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.0 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1934
The NetXray/Windows Sniffer file code could overrun a buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.13 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1934
The GSM SMS dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The ALCAP dissector could overrun a buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1934
The telnet dissector could overrun a buffer. Versions affected: 0.8.5 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1936
ASN.1-based dissectors could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.10 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The H.248 dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.10.11 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
The DCERPC NT dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.14 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
The PER dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions affected: 0.9.14 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2006-456.
#
if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(21274);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1932", "CVE-2006-1933", "CVE-2006-1934", "CVE-2006-1935", "CVE-2006-1936", "CVE-2006-1937", "CVE-2006-1938", "CVE-2006-1939", "CVE-2006-1940");
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2006-456");
script_name(english:"Fedora Core 5 : ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1 (2006-456)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Many security vulnerabilities have been fixed since the previous
release.
- The H.248 dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The UMA dissector could go into an infinite loop.
Versions affected: 0.10.12 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1933
- The X.509if dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The SRVLOC dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.0 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The H.245 dissector could crash. Versions affected:
0.10.13 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- Ethereal's OID printing routine was susceptible to an
off-by-one error. Versions affected: 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1932
- The COPS dissector could overflow a buffer. Versions
affected: 0.9.15 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1935
- The ALCAP dissector could overflow a buffer. Versions
affected: 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1934
Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Coverity has uncovered a number of vulnerabilities in Ethereal :
- The statistics counter could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.10.10 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- Ethereal could crash while reading a malformed Sniffer
capture. Versions affected: 0.8.12 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1938
- An invalid display filter could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The general packet dissector could crash Ethereal.
Versions affected: 0.10.9 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The AIM dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.10.7 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The RPC dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.8 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The DCERPC dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The ASN.1 dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.8 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The SMB PIPE dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.8.20 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1938
- The BER dissector could loop excessively. Versions
affected: 0.10.4 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1933
- The SNDCP dissector could abort. Versions affected:
0.10.4 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1940
- The Network Instruments file code could overrun a
buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.0 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1934
- The NetXray/Windows Sniffer file code could overrun a
buffer. Versions affected: 0.10.13 - 0.10.14. CVE:
CVE-2006-1934
- The GSM SMS dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.16 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The ALCAP dissector could overrun a buffer. Versions
affected: 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1934
- The telnet dissector could overrun a buffer. Versions
affected: 0.8.5 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1936
- ASN.1-based dissectors could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.10 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The H.248 dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.10.11 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1937
- The DCERPC NT dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.14 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
- The PER dissector could crash Ethereal. Versions
affected: 0.9.14 - 0.10.14. CVE: CVE-2006-1939
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2006-April/002157.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ee52b2cf"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Update the affected ethereal, ethereal-debuginfo and / or
ethereal-gnome packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal-gnome");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/04/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/04/26");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 5.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"ethereal-debuginfo-0.99.0-fc5.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"ethereal-gnome-0.99.0-fc5.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ethereal / ethereal-debuginfo / ethereal-gnome");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fedoraproject | fedora | ethereal | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal |
fedoraproject | fedora | ethereal-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal-debuginfo |
fedoraproject | fedora | ethereal-gnome | p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ethereal-gnome |
fedoraproject | fedora_core | 5 | cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1932
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1933
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1934
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1935
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1936
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1937
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1938
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1939
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1940
www.nessus.org/u?ee52b2cf