CVE-2002-0353 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Ethereal by sending malformed packets that trigger incorrect memory allocation in the ASN.1 parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0353?
CVE-2002-0353 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 3 May 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0353?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0353?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-0353 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0353 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqhj-52pw-2hjh.