CVE-2006-4805

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c en el separador XOT (dissect_xot_pdu) en Wireshark (antes conocido como Ethereal) 0.9.8 hasta la 0.99.3 permite a un atacante remoto provocar denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria y caida) a través de un paquete XOT codificado que crea un valor de longitud zero cuando está codificado.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-09-15 CVE Reserved
2006-10-27 CVE Published
2023-10-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (25)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220	Vdb Entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	2018-10-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590	2018-10-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195	2018-10-17
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html	2018-10-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html	2018-10-17
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201	2018-10-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4805	2006-11-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618202	2006-11-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.9.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.9.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.9.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.9.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10.13 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10.13"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.3"		-		Affected