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TI-2004-00151 Aliases CVE-2004-0176GHSA-rfxc-wgf7-qphr

Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to cause a…

Priority MEDIUM 59Published · 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
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) NetFlow, (2) IGAP, (3) EIGRP, (4) PGM, (5) IrDA, (6) BGP, (7) ISUP, or (8) TCAP dissectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.67092 99th 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 · 24

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.13VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.14VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.18VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.19VulnerableEthereal Group
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:0.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.13 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.14 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.18 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.19 Vulnerable ·Ethereal 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
Show 14 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.16VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.1VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.2VulnerableEthereal 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
  • 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
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.16 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.1 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.2 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2004:137 Released 2004-03-31 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
    • Red Hat Linux 9
  • RHSA-2004:136 Released 2004-03-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ethereal security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.30E.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.3-0.30E.1.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:136
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:136
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:136
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:136
Red Hat Linux 9Fixed RHSA-2004:137

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0176
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rfxc-wgf7-qphr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 14

Other 9

  • 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
  • TI-2003-00407 Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not handle certain strings properly, with unknown… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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