CVE-2002-0403 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-0403

DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

ethereal group

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Affected Software

ethereal
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9_.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 2nd, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.