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TI-2003-00836 Aliases CVE-2003-0925GHSA-f86f-3g5x-82q5

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed GTP MSISDN string.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.058 93rd 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 · 16

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.1VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.2VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.3VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.4VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.5VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.6VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.7VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.8VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.9VulnerableEthereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.1 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.2 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.3 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.4 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.6 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.7 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.8 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.9 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
Show 6 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.10VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.11VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.12VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.13VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.14VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.15VulnerableEthereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.10 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.11 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.12 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.13 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.14 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.15 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:324 Released 2003-11-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ethereal security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-gnome-0.9.16-0.30E.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.9.16-0.30E.1.ia64 +3
  • RHSA-2003:323 Released 2003-11-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3
    • Red Hat Linux 8.0
    • Red Hat Linux 9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2003:324
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2003:324
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2003:324
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2003:324
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2003:323
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2003:323
Red Hat Linux 8.0Fixed RHSA-2003:323
Red Hat Linux 9Fixed RHSA-2003:323

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0925
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f86f-3g5x-82q5

References

Patch 2

Advisory 5

Other 1

  • TI-2004-00151 Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-03524 Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-03011 Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00458 Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-03520 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.x to 0.99.0 allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-01877 Off-by-one error in the OID printing routine in Ethereal 0.10.x up to 0.10.14 has unknown… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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