Debian Security Advisory DSA 718-2 (ethereal)

The remote host is missing an update to ethereal announced via advisory DSA 718-2. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb7182.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 718-2 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-718-2 : ethereal - buffer overflow

This version lists the correct packages in the packages section. A buffer overflow has been detected in the IAPP dissector of Ethereal, a commonly used network traffic analyser. A remote attacker may be able to overflow a buffer using a specially crafted packet. More problems have been discovered...