CVE-2006-4574
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) MIME Multipart Dissector Denial of Service
Description
Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 28, 2006, 12:07 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
secalert@redhat.com
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2006-4574 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jan. 17, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-193 -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 Added Reference http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Feb. 15, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P No Types Assigned ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm No Types Assigned http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 No Types Assigned http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html No Types Assigned http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 Broken Link Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-193 Added CWE NIST CWE-617 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.1 up to (including) 0.99.3 -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Oct. 12, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that tragger an assertion error related to unexpected length values. Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values. -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9740 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29844 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Oct. 30, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4574 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4574
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
5.71 }} -7.00%
score
0.89494
percentile