CVE-2006-4805
Wireshark XOT PDU Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 27, 2006, 11:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736 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/29843 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10199 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29843 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
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-2006-4805 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-2006-4805
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.89 }} -1.30%
score
0.87193
percentile