Synopsis

ethereal security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated Ethereal packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now
available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The ethereal package is a program for monitoring network traffic.

A number of security flaws have been discovered in Ethereal. On a system
where Ethereal is running, a remote attacker could send malicious packets
to trigger these flaws and cause Ethereal to crash or potentially execute
arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2005-2360, CAN-2005-2361,
CAN-2005-2362, CAN-2005-2363, CAN-2005-2364, CAN-2005-2365, CAN-2005-2366,
and CAN-2005-2367 to these issues.

Users of ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
version 0.10.12 which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Note: To reduce the risk of future vulnerabilities in Ethereal, the
ethereal and tethereal programs in this update have been compiled as
Position Independant Executables (PIE) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and
4. In addition FORTIFY_SOURCE has been enabled for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 packages to provide compile time and runtime buffer checks.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 164243 - CAN-2005-2360 Multiple ethereal flaws (CAN-2005-2361 CAN-2005-2362 CAN-2005-2363 CAN-2005-2364 CAN-2005-2365 CAN-2005-2366 CAN-2005-2367)

CVEs

• CVE-2005-2360
• CVE-2005-2361
• CVE-2005-2362
• CVE-2005-2363
• CVE-2005-2364
• CVE-2005-2365
• CVE-2005-2366
• CVE-2005-2367

References

• http://www.redhat.com/magazine/009jul05/features/execshield/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ffa8cb71caf217a6a71d4a247576a9627fe0b403603540ee76b3cc17877dc029
x86_64
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71794c86a1eab2f760d5c1f930bf277d046b2b260a58d6d46cb0b9358c881ee1
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71794c86a1eab2f760d5c1f930bf277d046b2b260a58d6d46cb0b9358c881ee1
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e2210ecd47a6c27c30dabdf66b69c8e911921699db836e3925dea24e854864
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e2210ecd47a6c27c30dabdf66b69c8e911921699db836e3925dea24e854864
ia64
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: a4920efc4d5d658c8d695c23cc13a228e57dc1538585ac89aa506b0be568c6f6
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: a4920efc4d5d658c8d695c23cc13a228e57dc1538585ac89aa506b0be568c6f6
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 8f4ee3ca628836c8e66314cc7c1b74814a4314893af47f9548bcd79aa68dcbfe
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 8f4ee3ca628836c8e66314cc7c1b74814a4314893af47f9548bcd79aa68dcbfe
i386
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b67a8106943e446cac29d3f0bec62c72027c82df9c51d2b9184425d952cec0c7
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b67a8106943e446cac29d3f0bec62c72027c82df9c51d2b9184425d952cec0c7
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 93426ab83e4d2c3525a8fda64eb9f3d683fc711ee6c63993ffd8d5699c816078
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 93426ab83e4d2c3525a8fda64eb9f3d683fc711ee6c63993ffd8d5699c816078

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ffa8cb71caf217a6a71d4a247576a9627fe0b403603540ee76b3cc17877dc029
x86_64
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71794c86a1eab2f760d5c1f930bf277d046b2b260a58d6d46cb0b9358c881ee1
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e2210ecd47a6c27c30dabdf66b69c8e911921699db836e3925dea24e854864
ia64
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: a4920efc4d5d658c8d695c23cc13a228e57dc1538585ac89aa506b0be568c6f6
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 8f4ee3ca628836c8e66314cc7c1b74814a4314893af47f9548bcd79aa68dcbfe
i386
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b67a8106943e446cac29d3f0bec62c72027c82df9c51d2b9184425d952cec0c7
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 93426ab83e4d2c3525a8fda64eb9f3d683fc711ee6c63993ffd8d5699c816078

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ffa8cb71caf217a6a71d4a247576a9627fe0b403603540ee76b3cc17877dc029
x86_64
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 71794c86a1eab2f760d5c1f930bf277d046b2b260a58d6d46cb0b9358c881ee1
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e2210ecd47a6c27c30dabdf66b69c8e911921699db836e3925dea24e854864
i386
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b67a8106943e446cac29d3f0bec62c72027c82df9c51d2b9184425d952cec0c7
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 93426ab83e4d2c3525a8fda64eb9f3d683fc711ee6c63993ffd8d5699c816078

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ffa8cb71caf217a6a71d4a247576a9627fe0b403603540ee76b3cc17877dc029
s390x
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d43f20602263806a0d700e24ca1ae5eb4a2f3425060a1cb4c9406b296d970891
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 11c0c7fdb4b995b9bc9cfc9b875a0921d9331d1184905606afe10bd7f3ca91a7
s390
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 4a8689f633422227149deb89783d419babe40be70a2c3df3cba25548c31c7226
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 16f52dca3d3e67e4eec3d35de6062966f59b2e98968ef03597a45726f7628180

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ffa8cb71caf217a6a71d4a247576a9627fe0b403603540ee76b3cc17877dc029
ppc
ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: aa6ede50b5d6434a014885ecc8fbd4699549735a9a0060d91c1124404a55ed32
ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: f161b52bb61fa0db09798b76a7bdac715d92dd92c86711e8bff481fd977fa2c8