Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-27.
Solution
All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.9'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-27 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78559
http://www.ethereal.com/news/item_20050120_01.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-2005-0006, CVE-2005-0007, CVE-2005-0008, CVE-2005-0009, CVE-2005-0010, CVE-2005-0084 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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