CVE-2004-0635 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Ethereal by sending malformed SNMP packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0635?
CVE-2004-0635 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 8 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SNMP dissector in Ethereal 0.8.15 through 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a (1) malformed or (2) missing community string, which causes an out-of-bounds read.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0635?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal, Gentoo Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0635?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2004-0635 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0635 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as DSA-528, GHSA-fwjf-492q-44rh.