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title: "CVE-2005-0739\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0739

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The IAPP dissector (packet-iapp.c) for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.9 does not
properly use certain routines for formatting strings, which could leave it
vulnerable to buffer overflows, as demonstrated using modified length
values that are not properly handled by the dissect\_pdus and pduval\_to\_str
functions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ethereal | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0739)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0739)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0739)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0739)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0739>