CVE-2006-1935

Description

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 up to 0.10.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the COPS dissector.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.64% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19828	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19839	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00194.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:077	vendor advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.html	url repurposed patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19769	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19962	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00195.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015985	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10811	vdb entry signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-17.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1501	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1049	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19805	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-128.htm
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17682	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20944	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0420.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19958	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26013	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1935?: CVE-2006-1935 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1935?: To fix CVE-2006-1935, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1935 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1935 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.