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CVE-2002-0401

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbi

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.07736
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ethereal<= 0.9.3
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD18 Jun 2002 · 04:00 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2002:036Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2002:088Moderate
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txtBroken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.htmlBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.phpBroken Link
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