Ethereal (tethereal) is a program for monitoring network traffic.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Ethereal. On a system where Ethereal is running, a remote attacker could send malicious packets that could cause Ethereal to crash or execute arbitrary code. Certain Avaya products ship with Ethereal (tethereal) installed, for debugging purposes, and therefore are affected by some of these vulnerabilities. In order for an attacker to exploit these vulnerabilities, an authenticated local system user would first have to manually start the Ethereal (tethereal) application. Ethereal(tethereal) access is restricted to Avaya Service personnel only, in Avaya system products. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the names CVE-2005-3313, CVE-2005-4585, and CVE-2005-3651 to these issues.
More information about these vulnerabilities can be found in the security advisory issued by Red Hat:
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya Communication Manager | CM 2.x and 3.x | Low | Upgrade to CM 3.1.4 or later to resolve issue. |
| Avaya SIP Enablement Services | All | Low | Upgrade to SES 5.0 to resolve issue. |
Recommended Actions:
For all system products which use vulnerable versions of Ethereal
(tethereal), Avaya
recommends that customers restrict local and network access to the
server. This
restriction should be enforced through the use of physical security,
firewalls,
ACLs, VPNs, and other generally-accepted networking practices until such
time as
an update becomes available and can be installed.
Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.
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V 1.0 - February 13, 2006 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - March 6, 2006 - Changed state from Final to Interim.
V 3.0 - February 22, 2008 - Updated actions for CM and SES and changed ASA status to final.
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