CVE-2003-0432

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not handle certain strings properly, with unknown consequences, in the (1) BGP, (2) WTP, (3) DNS, (4) 802.11, (5) ISAKMP, (6) WSP, (7) CLNP, (8) ISIS, and (9) RMI dissectors.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: through 0.9.12

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662
http://secunia.com/advisories/9007
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A106
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662
http://secunia.com/advisories/9007
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html

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