Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2004:234-01
Issue date:        2004-06-09
Updated on:        2004-06-09
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords:          
Cross references:  
Obsoletes:         RHSA-2004:136
CVE Names:         CAN-2004-0504 CAN-2004-0505 CAN-2004-0506
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1. Topic:

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

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Problem description:

Ethereal is a program for monitoring network traffic.

The MMSE dissector in Ethereal releases 0.10.1 through 0.10.3 contained a
buffer overflow flaw.  On a system where Ethereal is running, a remote
attacker could send malicious packets that could cause Ethereal to crash or
execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0507 to this issue.

In addition, other flaws in Ethereal prior to 0.10.4 were found that could
cause it to crash in response to carefully crafted SIP (CAN-2004-0504), AIM
(CAN-2004-0505), or SPNEGO (CAN-2004-0506) packets.

Users of Ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported security patches that correct these issues.

4. Solution:

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

Please note that 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.

5. Bug IDs fixed  (  for more info):

124534 - CAN-2004-0504/5/6/7 Ethereal 0.10.4 contains security fixes

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm

ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 


ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm

ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm

ppc:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm

s390:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm

s390x:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm

x86_64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm

ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:

SRPMS: 


i386:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm

ia64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm



7. Verification:

MD5 sum                          Package Name
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
bc26d56d38b67cee8eb696b2641532a2 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
abe9d4c502d89bb7ee540d74944e3e0f ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
a7c42a68ba90ae710b95cb3b9d7fc10b ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm
eef00db3dca81e8c0a0079f3a75680b1 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm
ae3205be77a9968aed7a582df5c8c5dc ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm
aff8a3b08676747794369e3e58f2ea80 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.src.rpm
53c5dde6961a131fa48a4f6c4073c698 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
eb06703702fbc3ca1073f620b280b75f ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
f591951f3d3391664ce45e29f9178854 ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm
564313a0070d564abd280755df800ff6 ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.src.rpm
deed436ef34ec9020f55b5051fc1e8fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
eb425bc45595a8dc603359d8f767333f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
2c8dc2d7332a7da9eb1b7a27d767780f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm
9c51eac8f13b5ab052e2f8cf50a98311 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm
bfeba7dc1c0acf7ac119a0004f496ef7 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm
6c55ea08a93bee6967cf50e50cd1449f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
1ded561bd0d471d7161349968e85fdb0 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
e503f8f6a905ffe3e1be473d275c0742 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key is
available from  

You can verify each package with the following command:
    
    rpm --checksig -v 

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    
    md5sum 


8. References:
 
 
CVE -CVE-2004-0504 
CVE -CVE-2004-0505 
CVE -CVE-2004-0506

9. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at  

Copyright 2004 Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat: Ethereal Multiple vulnerabilities RHSA-2004:234-01

Patch fixes a buffer overflow plus several denail of service vulnerabilities

Summary



Summary

Ethereal is a program for monitoring network traffic.The MMSE dissector in Ethereal releases 0.10.1 through 0.10.3 contained abuffer overflow flaw. On a system where Ethereal is running, a remoteattacker could send malicious packets that could cause Ethereal to crash orexecute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0507 to this issue.In addition, other flaws in Ethereal prior to 0.10.4 were found that couldcause it to crash in response to carefully crafted SIP (CAN-2004-0504), AIM(CAN-2004-0505), or SPNEGO (CAN-2004-0506) packets.Users of Ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, which containbackported security patches that correct these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
Please note that 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.
5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
124534 - CAN-2004-0504/5/6/7 Ethereal 0.10.4 contains security fixes
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
SRPMS:

ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
ppc: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm
s390: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm
s390x: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm
ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64: Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm


7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name bc26d56d38b67cee8eb696b2641532a2 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm abe9d4c502d89bb7ee540d74944e3e0f ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm a7c42a68ba90ae710b95cb3b9d7fc10b ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm eef00db3dca81e8c0a0079f3a75680b1 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm ae3205be77a9968aed7a582df5c8c5dc ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm aff8a3b08676747794369e3e58f2ea80 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.src.rpm 53c5dde6961a131fa48a4f6c4073c698 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm eb06703702fbc3ca1073f620b280b75f ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm f591951f3d3391664ce45e29f9178854 ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm 564313a0070d564abd280755df800ff6 ethereal-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.src.rpm deed436ef34ec9020f55b5051fc1e8fb ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.i386.rpm eb425bc45595a8dc603359d8f767333f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ia64.rpm 2c8dc2d7332a7da9eb1b7a27d767780f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.ppc.rpm 9c51eac8f13b5ab052e2f8cf50a98311 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390.rpm bfeba7dc1c0acf7ac119a0004f496ef7 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.s390x.rpm 6c55ea08a93bee6967cf50e50cd1449f ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.2.x86_64.rpm 1ded561bd0d471d7161349968e85fdb0 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.i386.rpm e503f8f6a905ffe3e1be473d275c0742 ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.AS21.3.ia64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
md5sum

References

CVE -CVE-2004-0504 CVE -CVE-2004-0505 CVE -CVE-2004-0506

Package List


Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2004:234-01
Issued Date: : 2004-06-09
Updated on: 2004-06-09
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords:
Cross references:
Obsoletes: RHSA-2004:136
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0504 CAN-2004-0505 CAN-2004-0506

Topic


Topic

Updated Ethereal packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now

available.


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64


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