CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-1356

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed packets to the (1) LMP, (2) PPP, or (3) TDS dissectors, possibly related to a missing field for EndVerifyAck messages.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the service or execute malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Ethereal to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed packets to the (1) LMP, (2) PPP, or (3) TDS dissectors, possibly related to a missing field for EndVerifyAck messages.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS