Ethereal Server Message Block Dissector Malformed Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Two conditions exists that may result in attempts to dereference NULL pointers. The conditions may be triggered by a specially constructed SMB packet transmitted across the network by the attacker. By transmitting such a packet while a session of Ethereal is running, Ethereal could be made to dereference a NULL pointer, resulting in a crash of the application.


 

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