CVE-2006-4805 — Wireshark vulnerability

8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 3

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c in the XOT dissector (dissect_xot_pdu) in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an encoded XOT packet that produces a zero length value when it is decoded.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 0.99.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 0.99.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark9 versions+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-369f-gjmm-gjfc: epan/dissectors/packet-xot↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2006-4805: epan/dissectors/packet-xot↗2006-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
security flaw↗2006-10-30
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Debian
CVE-2006-4805: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c in the XOT dissector (dissect_xot_pdu) in Wireshark...↗2006
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4805 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4574 Multiple Wireshark issues (CVE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-5469, CVE-2006-5740)↗2006-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1932 Multiple ethereal issues (CVE-2006-1933, CVE-2006-1934, CVE-2006-1935, CVE-2006-1936, CVE-2006-1937, CVE-2006-1938, CVE-2006-1939, CVE-2006-1940, VE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-54↗2006-05-12
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