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CVE-2002-0403

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-06-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Ethereal Group Ethereal

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References