Upgrade ethereal please. . .

[John Richard Moser]

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Ethereal <0.10.10 has a serious security bug.  This bug is detailed.


http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393190?ref=rss

As you can see, this is a remote root.  While this is a Universe
package, it is a common *security tool* and thus it would be in all of
our best interests to *fix this*, most easily by upgrading ethereal.
Your universe maintainers can just backport the fix if they want but
*shrug*.

No bug seems to be filed.  Considering that ethereal is (I'm told by my
LAN teacher) a common tool used in the field for security and network
analysis, it may be prudent to file a bug with a priority above the
standard "enhancement" level for this particular case.  It is, of
course, a Universe package, so politics will determine.
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