Overview
Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way it processes Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) packets.
Description
Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing RADIUS data. There is a vulnerability that causes Ethereal to crash when processing malformed RADIUS packets. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker could cause Ethereal to crash. |
Solution
Upgrade Upgrade to version 0.10.3 or later. |
Vendor Information
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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References
Acknowledgements
Ethereal credits Jonathan Heussser for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 2.21 |
| Date Public: | 2004-03-22 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-03-24 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-04-05 18:31 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 16 |