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CVE-2002-0821

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01938
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
ethereal group ethereal<= 0.9.4
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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 NVD12 Aug 2002 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

3
rhsaRHSA-2002:170Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2002:169Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2002:036Moderate
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00005.htmlURL RepurposedVendor Advisory
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