Published: 08 Jan 2003, 05:00
Last modified:08 Aug 2024, 01:36
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.32% LOW
4% probability +1.32%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
08 Jan 2003, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Aug 2024, 01:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 4.32%• Percentile: 89%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Affected Systems
- freebsd•freebsd
4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7
- linux•linux_kernel
2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.7 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.10 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.4.13 | 2.4.14 | 2.4.15 | 2.4.16 | 2.4.17 | 2.4.18 | 2.4.19 | 2.4.20
- netbsd•netbsd
1.5 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.6
References (15)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307564/30/26270/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031583
- http://www.osvdb.org/9962
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104222046632243&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305335/30/26420/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2665
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0016.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7996
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040185
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf