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CVE-2004-0365

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The dissect_attribute_value_pairs function in packet-radius.c for Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RADIUS packet that triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

• Ethereal: from 0.8.13 before 0.10.3 — fixed in 0.10.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ethereal 0.10.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000835
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108058005324316&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108213710306260&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=ethereal-dev&m=107962966700423&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11185
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-07.xml
• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124454
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:024
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-136.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-137.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15571

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