Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3184
CVE-2005-3184
Description
Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a srvloc packet with a modified length value.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.10.12
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
17- www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.htmlnvdURL Repurposed
- secunia.com/advisories/17254nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17286nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17327nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17377nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17392nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17480nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/20137nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15158nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10074nvd
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