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TI-2005-03070 Aliases CVE-2005-3244GHSA-7pv5-vw9g-f4h3

The BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.3 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.3 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03939 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.3VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.4VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.5VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.6VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.7VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.8VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.9VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.10VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.11VulnerableEthereal Group
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.12VulnerableEthereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.3 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.4 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.5 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.6 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.7 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.8 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.9 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.10 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.11 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.12 Vulnerable ·Ethereal Group

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:809 Released 2005-10-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ethereal security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.i386, ethereal-gnome-0.10.13-1.EL3.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.i386, ethereal-0.10.13-1.EL3.1.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:809
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:809
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:809
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:809

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3244
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pv5-vw9g-f4h3

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 2

  • TI-2004-00151 Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allow remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2006-03524 Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-03011 Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00458 Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-03520 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.x to 0.99.0 allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-01877 Off-by-one error in the OID printing routine in Ethereal 0.10.x up to 0.10.14 has unknown… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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