CVE-2002-0401

7.5 HIGH

Published: June 18, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt