CVE-2004-0635 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SNMP dissector of Ethereal versions 0.8.15 through 0.10.4, as well as related distributions from Gentoo, Mandrakesoft, and Red Hat. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the Ethereal process through a malformed or missing community string, leading to an out-of-bounds read. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a network-based attack requiring low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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