Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0429
CVE-2003-0429
Description
The OSI dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.12
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9.12
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
7- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.htmlnvdPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
- ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-030.0.txtnvd
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/9007nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A84nvd
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