6132 : Ethereal AIM Dissector DoS
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about 1 year ago

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90%

Disclosure

Mar 22, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Mar 22, 2004

Solution

Unknown

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Description

Ethereal contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to an error within the AIM protocol dissector. When AIM protocol dissector throws an assertion, it will cause Ethereal to terminate abnormally and result in loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ethereal

Ethereal

0.10.3

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11608 11776
Related OSVDB ID: 6131 6133 6134
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.ethereal.com/download.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-01.xml

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