Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ethereal by Ethereal Technologies
CVE-2004-1142

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Key Information:

Vendor: Ethereal Group
Status: Ethereal; Linux; Propack
Vendor: CVE Published:; 15 December 2004

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What is CVE-2004-1142?

Ethereal versions 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 are susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability, allowing remote attackers to consume excessive CPU resources by sending a specially crafted SMB packet. This can lead to significant disruptions in network monitoring and data analysis capabilities, impacting overall system performance.

References

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html

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http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio...

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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-15.xml

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EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Dec 15, 2004
Vulnerability Reserved
Dec 6, 2004