First published: Wed Jun 18 2003(Updated: )
The SPNEGO dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid ASN.1 value.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Ethereal | <=0.9.12 |
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CVE-2003-0430 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2003-0430 allows remote attackers to crash Ethereal by sending an invalid ASN.1 value.
CVE-2003-0430 affects Ethereal versions up to and including 0.9.12.
To mitigate CVE-2003-0430, upgrade Ethereal to a version higher than 0.9.12.
Yes, CVE-2003-0430 is known to be exploitable by sending specially crafted packets to the vulnerable Ethereal application.