CVE-2003-0850

HIGH 7.5CVE-2003-0850 · Published 17/11/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0850 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting dsniff (dug song), libnids (rafal wojtczuk).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dsniff dug_song	`= 2.3`	No fix yet
libnids rafal_wojtczuk	`= 1.11= 1.12= 1.13= 1.14= 1.16= 1.17`	No fix yet

Description

The TCP reassembly functionality in libnids before 1.18 allows remote attackers to cause "memory corruption" and possibly execute arbitrary code via "overlarge TCP packets."

References

distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes
marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/10543
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Vendor Advisory
debian.org/security/2004/dsa-410 · Patch

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