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CVE-2002-0403

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 en…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
Ethereal GroupEthereal
Versions 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9_.0

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