CVE-2006-4805

Wireshark 0.9.8-0.99.3 - Denial of Service via XOT Packet Decoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (23)

Core 23
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797

Scores

EPSS 0.0501
EPSS Percentile 89.8%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.8
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.10
wireshark/wireshark 0.10
wireshark/wireshark 0.10.4
wireshark/wireshark 0.10.13
wireshark/wireshark 0.99
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.1
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.2
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.3
Published Oct 27, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026