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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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
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
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
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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