CVE-2004-1140 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause application hangs and fill disk space in Ethereal via invalid RTP timestamps, affecting network analysts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1140?
CVE-2004-1140 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 31 Dec 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1140?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1140?
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-2004-1140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6h3p-r37v-82ww.