VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0739
The IAPP dissector (packet-iapp.c) for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.9 does not properly use certain routines for formatting strings, which could leave it vulnerable to buffer overflows, as demonstrated using modified length values that are not properly…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.61%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The IAPP dissector (packet-iapp.c) for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.9 does not properly use certain routines for formatting strings, which could leave it vulnerable to buffer overflows, as demonstrated using modified length values that are not properly handled by the dissect_pdus and pduval_to_str functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.61% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- ethereal group/ethereal
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://anonsvn.ethereal.com/viewcvs/viewcvs.py?view=rev&rev=13707URL Repurposed
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066805726551&w=2
- http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2005-03-05
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-718Patch
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.htmlPatch, URL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12762
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9687
- http://anonsvn.ethereal.com/viewcvs/viewcvs.py?view=rev&rev=13707URL Repurposed
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066805726551&w=2
- http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2005-03-05
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-718Patch
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.htmlPatch, URL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12762
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9687
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.