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TI-2002-00386 Aliases CVE-2002-0401GHSA-9mw9-fqx9-v6vp

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05508 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.9.3VulnerableEthereal
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.9.3 Vulnerable ·Ethereal
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2002:036 Released 2002-09-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : Updated ethereal packages available
    • Red Hat Powertools 6.2
    • Red Hat Powertools 7.0
    • Red Hat Powertools 7.1
  • RHSA-2002:088 Released 2002-06-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : Updated ethereal packages are available
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2002:088
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2002:088
Red Hat Powertools 6.2Fixed RHSA-2002:036
Red Hat Powertools 7.0Fixed RHSA-2002:036
Red Hat Powertools 7.1Fixed RHSA-2002:036

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0401
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9mw9-fqx9-v6vp

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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