CVE-2002-0403 — Infinite Loop in Group Ethereal

5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Ethereal Group Ethereal
Timeline
PublishedJun 18
Latest updateMay 3

Description

DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet that causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDethereal_group/ethereal4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: www.debian.org ↗Patch: www.ethereal.com ↗Patch: www.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6wvc-5868-5q78: DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2002-0403: DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0↗2003-04-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
security flaw↗2002-05-19
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2002-0403 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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