CVE-2005-1460: Medium severity Ethereal Group Ethereal vulnerability
Published May 5, 2005
·Updated
Multiple unknown dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assert error) via an invalid protocol tree item length.
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
Remediation
Patch Available
Patch Available
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-2005-1460?
CVE-2005-1460 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can cause application crashes.
2
How do I fix CVE-2005-1460?
To remediate CVE-2005-1460, upgrade Ethereal to version 0.10.11 or later.
3
What versions of Ethereal are affected by CVE-2005-1460?
CVE-2005-1460 affects Ethereal versions prior to 0.10.11, including 0.8, 0.9.x, and 0.10.x up to 0.10.10.
4
Can CVE-2005-1460 be exploited remotely?
Yes, CVE-2005-1460 can be exploited remotely by sending specially crafted packets to the vulnerable application.
5
What impact does CVE-2005-1460 have on users?
The impact of CVE-2005-1460 includes application crashes, leading to potential disruption of analysis processes for users.