PT-2001-1210 · Ethereal · Ethereal

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-1174

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ethereal versions 0.8.13 and earlier

Description: The issue concerns multiple buffer overflows in the AFS ACL parser, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This can be achieved by sending a packet with a long username.

Recommendations: For Ethereal versions 0.8.13 and earlier, consider updating to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1174

Affected Products

Ethereal

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20414 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1972 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1174 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0251.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5557 · Note
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:81.ethereal.asc · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-116.html · Note
• http://debian.org/security/2000/20001122a · Note
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000342 · Note