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CVE-2006-4574

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.

Published

2006-10-28T00:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-193
CWE-617
Type: Secondary
CWE-193

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	≤ 0.99.3	Yes

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 Broken Link ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)