CVE-2005-2363

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the (1) SMPP dissector, (2) 802.3 dissector, (3) DHCP, (4) MEGACO dissector, or (5) H1 dissector in Ethereal 0.8.15 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.16% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory novell.com 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.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	vendor advisory
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.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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11271	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2363?: CVE-2005-2363 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2363?: To fix CVE-2005-2363, 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-2005-2363 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2363 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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