4341 : Ethereal AIM Dissector Remote Off-by-one Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2003-05-01

Description

A remote overflow exists in Ethereal. The AIM Dissector fails to validate input to memory buffers resulting in an off-by-one overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.12 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ethereal	Ethereal	0.8.13
		0.8.14
		0.8.15
		0.8.16
		0.8.17
		0.8.18
		0.8.19
		0.8.20
		0.9.0
		0.9.1
		0.9.10
		0.9.11
		0.9.2
		0.9.3
		0.9.4
		0.9.5
		0.9.6
		0.9.7
		0.9.8
		0.9.9

References

CVE ID: 2003-0356 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 4342 6908 6909 6910 6911 6912 6913 6914 6915 6916 6917
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:067
Generic Informational URL: http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html

Tools & Filters

	12373 14050 15150

Credit

Timo Sirainen - tssiki.fi -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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