PT-2002-1457 · Ethereal · Ethereal

Published 2002-06-18 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2002-0403

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ethereal versions prior to 0.9.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by sending a malformed packet. This packet causes the DNS dissector in Ethereal to enter an infinite loop.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.3, update to version 0.9.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0403

Affected Products

Ethereal

References · 11

• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0403 · Security Note
• 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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9205.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4807 · Note