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high 7.5

CVE-2005-0699 json

Multiple buffer overflows in the dissect_a11_radius function in the CDMA A11 (3G-A11) dissector (packet-3g-a11.c) for Ethereal 0.10.9 and e…

published 2005-03-08 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0700

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the dissect_a11_radius function in the CDMA A11 (3G-A11) dissector (packet-3g-a11.c) for Ethereal 0.10.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RADIUS authentication packets with large length values.

Patch / fix

  • ethereal RHEL 3 0.10.10-1.EL3.1
  • ethereal-gnome RHEL 3 0.10.10-1.EL3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:306

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0699 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal 0.10.10-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.10-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal 0.10.10-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.10-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal 0.10.10-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.10-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal 0.10.10-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.10-1.EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:306

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • ethereal.com http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12759 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/392659 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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