Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0356
CVE-2003-0356
Description
Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) AIM, (2) GIOP Gryphon, (3) OSPF, (4) PPTP, (5) Quake, (6) Quake2, (7) Quake3, (8) Rsync, (9) SMB, (10) SMPP, and (11) TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <0.9.12
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313nvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.htmlnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.htmlnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A69nvdBroken Link
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