CVE-2005-1456: Medium severity Ethereal Group Ethereal vulnerability
Published May 5, 2005
·Updated
Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in the (1) DHCP and (2) Telnet dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort).
Affected Software
34 affected components
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.6
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8.19
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8.18
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.14
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.15
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.3
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.4
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.16
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8.13
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8.15
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.3
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.13
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.8.14
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.11
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.4
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.6
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.12
Event History
May 5, 2005
CVE Published
04:00 AM
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2005-1456?
CVE-2005-1456 has a high severity level due to its potential to cause denial of service.
2
How does CVE-2005-1456 affect Ethereal users?
Ethereal users can experience crashes and interruptions in service if they encounter crafted DHCP or Telnet packets.
3
How do I fix CVE-2005-1456?
To fix CVE-2005-1456, upgrade Ethereal to version 0.10.11 or later.
4
Which versions of Ethereal are affected by CVE-2005-1456?
Ethereal versions from 0.8 up to 0.10.10 are affected by CVE-2005-1456.
5
What kind of attacks can exploit CVE-2005-1456?
CVE-2005-1456 can be exploited by remote attackers using specially crafted packets leading to service interruptions.