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CVE-2002-0403
DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet that…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- CLSA-2002:505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20020529 Potential security issues in Ethereal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4807 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ethereal-dns-dissector-dos(9205) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .