PT-2005-3278 · Ethereal+1 · Ethereal+1

Published 2005-08-10 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2005-2363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ethereal versions 0.8.15 through 0.10.11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an infinite loop, via unknown attack vectors in various dissectors, including SMPP, 802.3, DHCP, MEGACO, and H1.

Recommendations For Ethereal versions 0.8.15 through 0.10.11, consider disabling the affected dissectors as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the dissectors to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2363

DSA-853-1

RHSA-2005:687

RHSA-2005_687

Affected Products

Ethereal

Red Hat

References · 21

• http://ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00020.html · Patch
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2363 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-853 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2365.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14399 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11271 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2360.html · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2361.html · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2364.html · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2362.html · Note