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ethereal: security problems in Ethereal 0.9.12

Package(s):ethereal CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0428 CAN-2003-0429 CAN-2003-0431 CAN-2003-0432
Created:June 23, 2003 Updated:November 10, 2003
Description: Several security problems have been found in Ethereal 0.9.12. "It may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file."
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2003-030.0 2003-11-07
Yellow Dog YDU-20030718-2 2003-07-18
Red Hat RHSA-2003:203-01 2003-07-03
Gentoo 200306-13 2003-06-25
Conectiva CLA-2003:662 2003-06-25
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:070 2003-06-23

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