Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ethereal by Ethereal Technologies
CVE-2005-3242

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Key Information:

Vendor: Ethereal Group
Status: Ethereal
Vendor: CVE Published:; 27 October 2005

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What is CVE-2005-3242?

Ethereal versions up to 0.10.12 are susceptible to a denial of service attack that may lead to application crashes. The vulnerability arises from flaws in the IrDA and SMB dissectors, specifically when SMB transaction payload reassembly is active. Remote attackers can exploit these weaknesses using undisclosed vectors, leading to instability in the application and potential disruption of network services.

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html

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http://secunia.com/advisories/17327

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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Oct 27, 2005
Vulnerability Reserved
Oct 17, 2005