Description
DNS dissector in Ethereal before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet that causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop.
References
- CLSA-2002:505 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:088 vendor-advisory
- DSA-130 vendor-advisory
- 20020529 Potential security issues in Ethereal mailing-list
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html
- 4807 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2002:036 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:170 vendor-advisory
- ethereal-dns-dissector-dos(9205) vdb-entry