01 Record
CVE-2005-0739
The IAPP dissector (packet-iapp.c) for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.9 does not properly use certain routines for formatting strings, which could leave it vulnerable to buffer overflows, as demonstrated
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The IAPP dissector (packet-iapp.c) for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.9 does not properly use certain routines for formatting strings, which could leave it vulnerable to buffer overflows, as demonstrated
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-03-13 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-13
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 91f5bb6b2475255b4c0213d825cbd036dd13bf31ffd4151bac33be5361995b19
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200503-16http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:053http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
- anonsvn.ethereal.comhttp://anonsvn.ethereal.com/viewcvs/viewcvs.py?view=rev&rev=13707
- security.lss.hrhttp://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2005-03-05
- www.ethereal.comhttp://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:306http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9687https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9687
- www.redhat.comFLSA-2006:152922http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-718http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-718
- marc.info20050312 Ethereal remote buffer overflow #2http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066805726551&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com12762http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12762