Vulnerability in Ethereal

CVE-2003-0356

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.

EPSS: 0.096 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Broken Link, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-0356?
CVE-2003-0356 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ethereal, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2003-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2003-0356?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.