CVE-2002-0401

moderate-risk
Published 2002-06-18

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.

Do I need to act?

~
7.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Ethereal

References (18)

Broken Link ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt
Broken Link http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2
Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130
Broken Link http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html
Broken Link http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806
Broken Link ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt
Broken Link http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2
Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130
Broken Link http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html
Broken Link http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low