---------------------------------------------------------------------- SC World Congress, New York, USA, 16 November 2011 Visit the Secunia booth (#203) and discover how you can improve your handling of third party programs: http://secunia.com/resources/events/sc_2011/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: EtherApe RPC Packet Processing NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA45989 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/45989/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45989 RELEASE DATE: 2011-09-20 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/45989/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/45989/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45989 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in EtherApe, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain packets containing RPC calls and can be exploited to cause a NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted packets. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.9.12. SOLUTION: Update to version 0.9.12. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported in a bug by David Goldfarb. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://etherape.sourceforge.net/NEWS.html http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3309061&group_id=2712&atid=102712 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------