Ethereal IRC and GTP Dissectors Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015414
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1015414
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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-3313
, CVE-2005-4585
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Jan 11 2006
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Original Entry Date: Dec 28 2005
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.10.14
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Ethereal. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted packet to the target system or via a network that is monitored by the target system to
cause certain dissectors on the target system to enter an infinite loop.
The IRC dissector is affected [version 0.10.3].
The
GTP dissector is affected [versions 0.9.1 to 0.10.13].
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html
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Impact: A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.10.14), available at:
http://www.ethereal.com/download.html
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Vendor URL: www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:20:22 -0500
Subject: Multiple problems in Ethereal versions 0.8.20 to 0.10.13
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http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html
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