PT-2006-5142 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2006-08-24 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-4333

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions prior to 0.99.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to resource consumption via malformed packets. This is achieved by causing the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.99.3, update to version 0.99.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the SSCOP dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4333

DSA-1171

RHSA-2006:0658

RHSA-2006_0658

Affected Products

Red Hat

Wireshark

References · 30

• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4333 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/19690 · Patch
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:152 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4333 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-4333 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21597 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736 · Patch
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0658.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4333 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4330 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22378 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4333 · Note