CVE-2002-0401

Description

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.82% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory conectiva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory ethereal.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2 mailing list
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php vdb entry broken link
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0401?
CVE-2002-0401 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0401?
To fix CVE-2002-0401, 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-2002-0401 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2002-0401 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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