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CVE-2005-0006: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 29-01-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0006 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.64%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:011

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The COPS dissector in Ethereal 0.10.6 through 0.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.64% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.64%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereal_group1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

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