Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1356
CVE-2002-1356
Description
Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed packets to the (1) LMP, (2) PPP, or (3) TDS dissectors, possibly related to a missing field for EndVerifyAck messages.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.7
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
3- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.htmlnvdPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-lmp.cnvdURL Repurposed
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