CVE-2005-0006

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2005-0006 · Published 02/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-0006 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting ethereal (ethereal group).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ethereal ethereal_group	`= 0.10.6= 0.10.7= 0.10.8`	No fix yet

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

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