Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3249
CVE-2005-3249
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or corrupt memory via unknown vectors that cause Ethereal to free an invalid pointer.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 0.10.1 to 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
15- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.htmlnvdVendor AdvisoryURL 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/20136nvd
- 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%3A9313nvd
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