Description
DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet that causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop.
Affected products
- ethereal_group / ethereal0.9.1 – 0.9.1
- ethereal_group / ethereal0.9.2 – 0.9.2
- ethereal_group / ethereal0.9.3 – 0.9.3
- ethereal_group / ethereal0.9_.0 – 0.9_.0
References
- MISChttp://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2
- MISChttp://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4807
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-170.html
- MISChttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9205.php
- MISCftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt