Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2366
CVE-2005-2366
Description
Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 0.10.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
10- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00020.htmlnvdPatchURL Repurposed
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-27.xmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/16225/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17102nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-853nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-687.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14399nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11239nvd
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