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title: "CVE-2005-2361\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-2361

Publication date 10 August 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

Unknown vulnerability in the (1) AgentX dissector, (2) PER dissector, (3)
DOCSIS dissector, (4) SCTP graphs, (5) HTTP dissector, (6) DCERPC, (7)
DHCP, (8) RADIUS dissector, (9) Telnet dissector, (10) IS-IS LSP dissector,
or (11) NCP dissector in Ethereal 0.8.19 through 0.10.11 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via
unknown attack vectors.

## 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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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2361)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2361)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2361)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2361)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2361>
