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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2003-0356
Ethereal AOL Instant Messenger Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 9, 2003, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2003-0356 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ethereal ethereal
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
The Ethereal package contains multiple vulnerabilities that allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
  • Update the affected Ethereal package.
  • Update the affected ethereal and / or ethereal-gnome packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2003-0356.

URL Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313 Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313 Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 Broken Link
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2003-0356 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2003-0356 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2003-0356 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2003-0356 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313
    Added Reference http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html Patch, URL Repurposed, Vendor Advisory http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-193
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.9.11 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.9.12
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:69 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 10
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

28.41 }} -11.66%

score

0.96104

percentile