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CVE-2005-3242 json

Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and…

published 2005-10-27 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3241

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and (2) the SMB dissector when SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled.

Patch / fix

  • ethereal RHEL 3 0.10.13-1.EL3.1
  • ethereal-gnome RHEL 3 0.10.13-1.EL3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:809

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-2005-3242 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal 0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.13-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal 0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.13-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal 0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.13-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal 0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.13-1.EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:809

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Exploit prediction

2.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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