From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jul 12 2004 - 04:03:19 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for ethereal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12035

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12035/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access, DoS

WHERE:
From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for Ethereal. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA12024

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-analyzer/Ethereal-0.10.5" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-08.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12024:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12024/

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