CVE-2004-1142 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Ethereal versions 0.9.0 through 0.10.7, affecting various Linux distributions. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted SMB packet, leading to excessive CPU consumption on the vulnerable system. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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