CVE-2002-1355

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1355 · Published 23/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1355 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting ethereal (ethereal group).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ethereal ethereal_group	`≤ 0.9.7`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the BGP dissector in Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed messages.

References

ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html · Patch
ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/packet-bgp.c.diff · URL Repurposed
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-290.html · Patch

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