Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3242
CVE-2005-3242
Description
Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and (2) the SMB dissector when SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 23 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=0.10.12
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
18- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.htmlnvdPatchURL 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
- secunia.com/advisories/21813nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/20125nvd
- www.osvdb.org/20133nvd
- 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
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10558nvd
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