CVE-2005-2904

Zebedee 2.4.1 - Denial of Service via Zero Port Number in Protocol Option Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2904. PoCs published by Shiraishi.M.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed network request with a zero destination port, triggering a denial of service in Zebedee by causing the application to crash. The PoC constructs a crafted packet and sends it via netcat to the target.

Description

Zebedee 2.4.1, when "allowed redirection port" is not set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a zero in the port number of the protocol option header, which triggers an assert error in the makeConnection function in zebedee.c.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Shiraishi.M · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26249

This exploit generates a malformed network request with a zero destination port, triggering a denial of service in Zebedee by causing the application to crash. The PoC constructs a crafted packet and sends it via netcat to the target.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Zebedee 2.4.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target Zebedee service
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16788/
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14796
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112629543605488&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-14.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.0712
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
zebedee/zebedee 2.4.1
Published Sep 14, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026