CVE-2005-3242 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Ethereal via IrDA or SMB dissector vectors, requiring SMB transaction payload reassembly to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3242?
CVE-2005-3242 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 27 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3242?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3242?
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-2005-3242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr2x-8cg9-mgf9.