Bug 79490 - Ethereal security issues
Summary: Ethereal security issues
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ethereal
Version: 2.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Phil Knirsch
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URL: http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-12-12 11:54 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2015-03-05 01:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-29 15:35:48 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2002:291 0 high SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: ethereal security update 2003-02-07 05:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2002-12-12 11:54:48 UTC 
The BGP dissector in Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier versions can
go into an infinite loop when trying to process a malformed
message. This problem was discovered by Silvio Cesare.
Malformed packets could cause crashes in the LMP, PPP, and TDS
dissectors in 0.9.7 and earlier versions."
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2003-01-29 15:35:48 UTC 
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-291.html
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