PT-2002-2278 · Ethereal · Ethereal

Published 2002-12-17 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2002-1355

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 version 0.9.7 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to multiple integer signedness errors in the BGP dissector. This can be exploited by remote attackers who send malformed messages, resulting in a denial of service due to an infinite loop.

Recommendations: For Ethereal version 0.9.7 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.9.7 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1355

Affected Products

Ethereal

References · 4

• http://ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1355 · Security Note
• http://ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-bgp.c.diff?r1=1.68&r2=1.69 · Note