Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200412-15.
Solution
All ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.8'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74443
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal, which may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code, crash the program or perform DoS by CPU and disk utilization.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1139, CVE-2004-1140, CVE-2004-1141, CVE-2004-1142 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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