CVE-2005-2361

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the (1) AgentX dissector, (2) PER dissector, (3) DOCSIS dissector, (4) SCTP graphs, (5) HTTP dissector, (6) DCERPC, (7) DHCP, (8) RADIUS dissector, (9) Telnet dissector, (10) IS-IS LSP dissector, or (11) NCP dissector in Ethereal 0.8.19 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via unknown attack vectors.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.82% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00020.html	url repurposed patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-27.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10225	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-853	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16225/	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14399	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17102	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2361?: CVE-2005-2361 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2361?: To fix CVE-2005-2361, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2361 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2361 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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