PT-2005-3279 · Ethereal+1 · Ethereal+1

CVE-2005-2364 · Published 2005-08-10 · Updated 2024-02-14

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 0.8.20 through 0.10.11

Description The issue is related to unknown vulnerabilities in certain dissectors, which can cause a denial of service. This happens when the application encounters specific packets that lead to a null pointer dereference, resulting in an application crash.

Recommendations For Ethereal versions 0.8.20 through 0.10.11, consider updating to a version where these issues are fixed, if available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the GIOP, WBXML, and CAMEL dissectors to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2364

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://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2364 · Security Note
• 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://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2360.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10007 · 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17102 · Note