CVE-2003-0001

N/A Unknown
Published: January 17, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/9962
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104222046632243&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/7996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/9962
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305335/30/26420/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307564/30/26270/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031583
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040185
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

freebsd netbsd microsoft linux