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CVE-2006-4805

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.

Published

2006-10-27T23:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

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
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.13	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.3	Yes

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 ([email protected])
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199 ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)