Upgrade ethereal please. . .

[John Richard Moser]

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Shimon wrote:
> Never thought I will see this day a secuirty tool allowing remote access....
> 

PaX had one too, got a fix in 2.6.11.  Major hole but it happens to the
best of us; just check out the Ubuntu Security Notices.

It's not like this is amazing that it's in ethereal; it's just ironic
that a security tool has a huge security hole, and of course any
security hole should be a priority fix (Gentoo policy I believe mandates
security holes are fixed within 5-10 days of discovery and are treated
as high priority even if nobody in the universe uses the packages, for
example; not sure about debian or Ubuntu).

I was only pointing it out because Ethereal is a Universe package and a
very common tool, which means it's not a top priority for Ubuntu but it
may be a priority to fix it for a lot of users.

> Best to remove it from the reps before the release if its not fixed in time?
> 
> And I just told ##linux a few days I am using ethereal.
> 
> I'll say it again i never thought i'll see this day...... LOL
> 
> 
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