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CVE-2005-4585

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4585 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the GTP dissector of Ethereal versions 0.9.1 through 0.10.13, which could lead to a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0448 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.10.14-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4585Low

security flaw

Dec 27, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0008.html
secunia.com / advisories/18229
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18426
secunia.com / advisories/18911
secunia.com / advisories/19012
secunia.com / advisories/19230
securityreason.com / securityalert/304
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23849
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9678
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html
URL Repurposed
osvdb.org / 22092
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0156.html
securityfocus.com / bid/16076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/3095