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CVE-2002-0402

Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cra

Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code while Ethereal is parsing keysyms.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.02684
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
ethereal group etherealall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Jun 2002 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

3
rhsaRHSA-2002:170Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2002:036Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2002:088Moderate
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References & Sources

10
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.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.htmlPatchURL RepurposedVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9203.php
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