CVE-2005-1467 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in the NDPS dissector of Ethereal.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2005-1467?

CVE-2005-1467 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 5 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in the NDPS dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1467?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1467?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-1467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ethereal Group Ethereal vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f2xm-4rvj-x336.

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