Overview
Ethereal fails to properly handle malformed color filter files, which could allow an attacker to cause a segmentation fault.
Description
Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It provides a feature that allows a user to customize the foreground and background colors of packet information that is displayed. There is a vulnerability in the way Ethereal handles color filter files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malformed color filter. |
Impact
A local attacker could cause a segmentation fault in Ethereal, leading to a denial of service. |
Solution
Upgrade Upgrade to version 0.10.3 or later. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by the developers of Ethereal.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 1.34 |
| Date Public: | 2004-03-22 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-03-24 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-04-05 20:45 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 12 |