CVE-2002-0401
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxEthereal
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 0.9.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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