CVE-2002-0403 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attacke)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0403 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-06-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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