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CVE-2005-0699

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0699 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the CDMA A11 dissector of Ethereal 0.10.9 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted RADIUS authentication packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0645 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0699Moderate

security flaw

Mar 11, 2005

References

marc.info
marc.info
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
security.lss.hr / en/index.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10147
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
ExploitPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/392659
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12759
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory