VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0403

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-06-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet that causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop.

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