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CVE-2002-1356

Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed p…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known

Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed packets to the (1) LMP, (2) PPP, or (3) TDS dissectors, possibly related to a missing field for EndVerifyAck messages.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • ethereal.com /cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-lmp.c#rev1.13 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ethereal.com /appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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