CVE-2005-3248 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Oct 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Ethereal via a divide-by-zero error in the X11 dissector.

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

What is CVE-2005-3248?

CVE-2005-3248 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

Unspecified vulnerability in the X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3248?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3248?

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-2005-3248 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ethereal Group Ethereal vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cgh2-c9hv-93wq.