CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3184

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes function in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector in Ethereal. A remote attacker can send a crafted srvloc packet with a modified length value, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote code execution on systems running Ethereal, potentially compromising data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Ethereal to a version that fixes this vulnerability or apply available security patches.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS