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CVE-2005-3243 affects old Ethereal packet analyzer releases, 0.10.12 and earlier. A crafted packet or capture involving SLIMP3 or AgentX parsing could trigger buffer overflows and may allow code execution. This matters mainly where legacy Ethereal is still installed or used to inspect untrusted network captures. Exposure is most likely in legacy environments, forensic workstations, labs, or old Linux systems still running Ethereal 0.10.12 or earlier. Systems using current packet analysis tools are not shown as affected by the provided sources. Treat this as a legacy cleanup risk with high impact if obsolete Ethereal remains in use. Prioritize security, network, and forensic systems that inspect untrusted traffic or packet capture files. Mitigation focus: Identify and remove Ethereal 0.10.12 or earlier installations.; Apply fixed packages from the relevant OS or vendor advisory.; Prefer a supported packet analyzer version from trusted repositories..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9836CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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