CVE-2005-0699: Altlinux Alt Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in the dissect_a11_radius function in the CDMA A11 (3G-A11) dissector (packet-3g-a11.c) for Ethereal 0.10.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RADIUS authentication packets with large length values.

Affected products

• Altlinux Alt Linux: version compact_2.3 only; version junior_2.3 only
• Conectiva Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Ethereal Group Ethereal: version 0.10.3 only; version 0.10.4 only; version 0.10.5 only; version 0.10.6 only; version 0.10.7 only; version 0.10.8 only; …
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 2.1 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation: version 2.1 only

Published 2005-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.