CVE-2005-0699

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the dissect_a11_radius function in the CDMA A11 (3G-A11) dissector (packet-3g-a11.c) for Ethereal 0.10.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RADIUS authentication packets with large length values.

Affected products

Altlinux Alt Linux: compact_2.3, junior_2.3
Conectiva Linux: 9.0, 10.0
Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8 (+1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0, 4.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0, 4.0
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111038641832400&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111083125521813&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
http://security.lss.hr/en/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2005-03-04
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/392659
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12759
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10147
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111038641832400&w=2

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