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CVE-2002-0403 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt CVE
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505 CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html CVEPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ethereal group ethereal
0.9.1
0.9.2
0.9.3
0.9_.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9_.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0403
NVD Published Date:
Jun 18, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-0403 Details - Not Deferred