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>> Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissector Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissector Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2830
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3651
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-12-12
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A vulnerability has been identified in Ethereal, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "dissect_ospf_v3_address_prefix()" [packet-ospf.c] function of the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol dissector when converting data into a human readable string, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise or crash a vulnerable system.
Affected Products
Ethereal version 0.10.13 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to version 0.10.14 :
http://www.ethereal.com/download.html
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2830
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/2232
ChangeLog
2005-12-12 : Initial release
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