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CVE-2002-1355

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the BGP dissector in Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed messages.

Affected products

• Ethereal Group Ethereal: through 0.9.7

References

• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html
• http://www.ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-bgp.c.diff?r1=1.68&r2=1.69
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.html
• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html
• http://www.ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-bgp.c.diff?r1=1.68&r2=1.69
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.html

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