CVE-2005-2362

Description

Unknown vulnerability several dissectors in Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by reassembling certain packets.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.34% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com 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
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html	vendor 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/16225	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10059	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2362?: CVE-2005-2362 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2362?: To fix CVE-2005-2362, 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-2005-2362 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2362 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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