CVE-2003-0356

Published: May 30, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-193

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-193

Affected Products

ethereal

oss-project

etherealLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313

debian.org

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html

ethereal.com

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013

kb.cert.org

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