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…

PriorityP429medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCNINAP

EXPLOIT

EPSS

7.61%

93.8th percentile

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 using modified length values that are not properly handled by the dissect_pdus and pduval_to_str functions.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ethereal_group	ethereal	<= 0.10.9	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM

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