CVE-2003-0081

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0081
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-18 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in packet-socks.c of the SOCKS dissector for Ethereal 0.8.7 through 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via SOCKS packets containing format string specifiers.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.0 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.3 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.5 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.6 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.7 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.8 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
frontal2.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 frontal2.mandriva.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-258-1 ethereal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Ethereal format string bug, yet still ethereal much better than windows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.guninski.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
FullDisclosure: Ethereal format string bug, yet still ethereal much better than windows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Ethereal: enpa-sa-00008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ethereal.com Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
Ethereal SOCKS Dissector Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
LinuxSecurity.com: Gentoo: ethereal Arbitrary code execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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