CVE-2005-1460 Multiple unknown dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assert error) via an invalid pro
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1460 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-1460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 5 May 2005.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Ethereal Group Ethereal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1460/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1460?
CVE-2005-1460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 5 May 2005.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1460?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1460?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-1460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgqw-5942-4r3g.