PT-2002-1456 · Ethereal · Ethereal

Published 2002-06-18 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2002-0402

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 0.9.3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the X11 dissector, which can be triggered while parsing keysyms, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Ethereal versions 0.9.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.9.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0402

Affected Products

Ethereal

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0402 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-170.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9203.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4805 · Note