Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ethereal by The Ethereal Group
CVE-2005-3248

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Key Information:

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

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What is CVE-2005-3248?

This vulnerability in the X11 dissector within Ethereal versions 0.10.12 and prior allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service. Exploitation can occur through unknown vectors that lead to a divide-by-zero scenario, which disrupts service availability.

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