CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0429
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The OSI dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• ethereal group ethereal (<= 0.9.12)
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency weakness
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-030.0.txt ftp.sco.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9007 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html www.redhat.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A84 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-030.0.txt ftp.sco.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9007 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html www.redhat.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A84 oval.cisecurity.org