CVE-2005-3243

Ethereal 0.9.1 < 0.10.12 SLIMP3 - Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the (1) SLIMP3 and (2) AgentX dissector.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-10-17 CVE Reserved
2005-10-20 First Exploit
2005-10-27 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (22)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17254	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17286	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17327	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17377	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17392	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21813	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082	Vdb Entry
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/20126	Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/20135	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1266	2005-10-20

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html	2024-02-14

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171	2024-02-14
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml	2024-02-14
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html	2024-02-14
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html	2024-02-14
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html	2024-02-14
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3243	2005-10-25
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617801	2005-10-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.1 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.1"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.2 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.2"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.3 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.3"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.4 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.4"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.5 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.5"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.6 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.6"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.7 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.7"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.8 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.8"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.9 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.9"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.10 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.10"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.11 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.11"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.12 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.12"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.13 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.13"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.14 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.14"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.15 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.15"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.9.16 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.9.16"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.0 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.0"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.1 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.1"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.2 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.2"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.3 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.3"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.4 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.4"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.5 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.5"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.6 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.6"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.7 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.7"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.8 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.8"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.9 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.9"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.10 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.10"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.11 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.11"		-		Affected
Ethereal Group Search vendor "Ethereal Group"		Ethereal Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal"				0.10.12 Search vendor "Ethereal Group" for product "Ethereal" and version "0.10.12"		-		Affected