CVE-2005-2366

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a...

5.0 Medium

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Exploit likelihood

3.46%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2005-2366
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2005-2366
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-2367 No score

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Record: EUVD-2005-2367
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2hgq-cgr3-x7vp No score

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a...

Unknown vulnerability in the BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort or infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Record: GHSA-2hgq-cgr3-x7vp
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ethereal group ethereal

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal` Debian:3.0 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0.9.4-1woody13, plus listed versions 0.9.4-1woody110.9.4-1woody120.9.4-1woody9	0.9.4-1woody13
`ethereal` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0.10.10-2sarge3, plus listed versions 0.10.10-2sarge2	0.10.10-2sarge3
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-2366 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published August 10, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.46%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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