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CVE-2002-0401 Details

Description

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt	CVE	Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505	CVE	Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2	CVE	Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html	CVE	Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-476	NULL Pointer Dereference	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ethereal ethereal	<= 0.9.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	2.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 16, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 14, 2024	Reference Tag Update	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]