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CVE-2005-0705

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0705 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Ethereal versions 0.10.7 through 0.10.9. Specifically, the GPRS-LLC dissector can crash the application if the "ignore cipher bit" option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to disrupt service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

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-2005-0705Moderate

security flaw

Mar 11, 2005

References

oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10565
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
Vendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
securityfocus.com / bid/12762