Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2004-0504 is a crash bug in Ethereal 0.10.3, the packet analyzer later renamed Wireshark. Certain SIP traffic involving Hotsip clients and servers can make Ethereal stop working. The business risk is monitoring or analyst disruption, not data theft, based on the provided sources. Likely exposed systems are legacy workstations, sensors, or servers still running Ethereal 0.10.3 and analyzing SIP traffic or untrusted packet captures. Modern Wireshark deployments are not identified as affected in the provided bundle. Treat as a legacy hygiene issue unless Ethereal 0.10.3 is still used in monitoring workflows. Prioritize removal or upgrade where vulnerable tools process SIP traffic, because a crash could interrupt investigations or network visibility. Mitigation focus: Identify any Ethereal 0.10.3 installations in endpoint, server, and monitoring inventories.; Apply the relevant Ethereal or operating-system vendor update from trusted advisories.; Avoid analyzing untrusted SIP captures with vulnerable Ethereal until updated..
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Source materials
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- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:982CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- ethereal-sip-packet-dos(16148)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9769CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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