Ethereal.Dissector.Buffer.Overflow

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This indicates an attack attempt to exploit possible multiple vulnerabilities in Ethereal.
The vulnerability is due to an input validation error in the ISAKMP, FC-FCS, RSVP, ISIS LSP, IrDA, SLIMP3, BER, SCSI, ONC RPC, sFlow, RTnet, SMB, X11, AgentX, WSP, NCP, ACSE and SRVLOC dissectors. In the worse case scenario, a remote attacker may be able to exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application.

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Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.12, 0.10.11 and 0.10.10

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System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

recomended-action-logoRecommended Actions

Upgrade to the latest version of Ethereal (now known as Wireshark):
https://www.wireshark.org/download.html

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)