Updated ethereal packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: ethereal
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:053
Date: March 15th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1
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Problem Description:

A number of issues were discovered in Ethereal versions prior to 0.10.10, which is provided by this update. Matevz Pustisek discovered a buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector (CAN-2005-0704); the GPRS-LLC dissector could crash if the "ignore cipher bit" was enabled (CAN-2005-0705); Diego Giago found a buffer overflow in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector (CAN-2005-0699); Leon Juranic found a buffer overflow in the IAPP dissector (CAN-2005-0739); and bugs in the JXTA and sFlow dissectors could make Ethereal crash.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0699
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0704
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0705
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0739
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
fb966151e94dac463d403f350fb00fa7 10.0/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
b7c41bee5ad00b0b404e2981c561c4ec 10.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
7d3efb484e1b370b13d506114bc0407c amd64/10.0/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
b7c41bee5ad00b0b404e2981c561c4ec amd64/10.0/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
6d32ba4fec2e8f9619244c17295ede7e 10.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
89a0d8446a64927232a36c2971eef4c8 10.1/RPMS/ethereal-tools-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
c11201abc7040579f35b68c2b29edaee 10.1/RPMS/libethereal0-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
a867076452de57b9536260e646b27209 10.1/RPMS/tethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
383c4e2a2a2fec1574c63a1eaeb658c5 10.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
ca5d62812d64b98898c9582907aee602 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
27f88f8e04f78f470ce4579183cbc0c6 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/ethereal-tools-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
155e92c6ef477eb93132107ef7146083 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64ethereal0-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
4eb06c4832cc4490ea000e4d0ff60f7b x86_64/10.1/RPMS/tethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
383c4e2a2a2fec1574c63a1eaeb658c5 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.10-0.1.101mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com