CVE-2005-3242: Medium severity Ethereal Group Ethereal vulnerability
Published Oct 27, 2005
·Updated
Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and (2) the SMB dissector when SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled.
Affected Software
23 affected components
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.11
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.12
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.13
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.14
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.15
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.9.16
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.0
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.3
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.4
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.6
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.11
Ethereal Group Ethereal=0.10.12
Remediation
Patch Available
Event History
Oct 27, 2005
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-2005-3242?
CVE-2005-3242 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service situation.
2
How do I fix CVE-2005-3242?
To fix CVE-2005-3242, update Ethereal to version 0.10.13 or later.
3
What versions of Ethereal are affected by CVE-2005-3242?
Ethereal versions 0.10.12 and earlier are affected by CVE-2005-3242.
4
What types of attacks are associated with CVE-2005-3242?
CVE-2005-3242 is associated with remote denial of service attacks via the IrDA and SMB dissectors.
5
Is there a workaround for CVE-2005-3242?
A temporary workaround for CVE-2005-3242 is to disable SMB transaction payload reassembly.