CVE-2003-0356

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 30, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEthereal

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

Description

Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) AIM, (2) GIOP Gryphon, (3) OSPF, (4) PPTP, (5) Quake, (6) Quake2, (7) Quake3, (8) Rsync, (9) SMB, (10) SMPP, and (11) TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.9.12
Affected range stops below 0.9.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken LinkPatch
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193

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