CVE-2003-0081

Format string vulnerability in packet-socks.c of the SOCKS dissector for Ethereal 0.8.7 through 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via SOCKS packets containing format string specifiers.

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000627
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
• http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2003/Mar/0080.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-258Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
• http://www.guninski.com/etherre.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2949.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-076.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7049Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11497
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A54
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000627
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
• http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2003/Mar/0080.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-258Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
• http://www.guninski.com/etherre.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2949.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-076.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7049Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11497
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A54

Published

Mar 18, 2003

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2003-0075Integer signedness error in the myFseek function of samplein…
• CVE-2003-0076Unknown vulnerability in the directory parser for Direct Con…
• CVE-2003-0077The hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator 2.0.5 and earlier…
• CVE-2003-0078ssl3_get_record in s3_pkt.c for OpenSSL before 0.9.7a and 0.…
• CVE-2003-0079The DEC UDK processing feature in the hanterm (hanterm-xf) t…
• CVE-2003-0080The iptables ruleset in Gnome-lokkit in Red Hat Linux 8.0 do…
• CVE-2003-0082The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7…
• CVE-2003-0083Apache 1.3 before 1.3.25 and Apache 2.0 before version 2.0.4…
• CVE-2003-0084mod_auth_any package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and oth…
• CVE-2003-0085Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly …
• CVE-2003-0086The code for writing reg files in Samba before 2.2.8 allows …
• CVE-2003-0087Buffer overflow in libIM library (libIM.a) for National Lang…