CVE-2002-0353

Description

The ASN.1 parser in Ethereal 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain malformed packet, which causes Ethereal to allocate memory incorrectly, possibly due to zero-length fields.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.48% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00003.html	url repurposed
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4604	vdb entry
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000474	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html	vendor advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8952.php	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0353?: CVE-2002-0353 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0353?: To fix CVE-2002-0353, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0353 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-0353 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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