CVE-2003-0001

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0001
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-01-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.9 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp2 All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/9962 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.atstake.com Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - [VulnWatch] More information regarding Etherleak - From ofir_at_sys-security.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat Linux Kernel Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Juniper ScreenOS Etherleak Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information from Unpadded Ethernet Packets - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.atstake.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#412115 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Oracle Solaris Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Partially Access Data, Modify Data, and Deny Service and Remote Authenticated or Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
'More information regarding Etherleak' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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