CVE-2003-0356

Description

Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) AIM, (2) GIOP Gryphon, (3) OSPF, (4) PPTP, (5) Quake, (6) Quake2, (7) Quake3, (8) Rsync, (9) SMB, (10) SMPP, and (11) TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 28.41% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ethereal.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313 broken link patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0356?
CVE-2003-0356 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0356?
To fix CVE-2003-0356, 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-2003-0356 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2003-0356 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~28% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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