Hi Ethereal Team,
When can we expect a next stable version that has a fix to the below
mentioned Vulnerability.
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Senthil Prabu.S
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:09 PM
Subject: [SA15144] Ethereal RSVP Protocol Decoding Denial of Service
Vulnerability
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TITLE:
Ethereal RSVP Protocol Decoding Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15144
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15144/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
Ethereal 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/1228/
DESCRIPTION:
Vade79 has reported a vulnerability in Ethereal, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the decoding of the
RSVP protocol and can be exploited via a specially crafted RSVP
packet.
Successful exploitation causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop and
stop responding.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.10.10. Prior
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in the CVS repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Vade79
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