CVE-2006-3629

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MOUNT dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.9.4 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.16% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory wireshark.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21121	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016532	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21078	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml	vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22089	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21204	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27365	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440576/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2850	vdb entry vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10492	vdb entry signature
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1127	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27826	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21107	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21249	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21488	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-512
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19051	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3629?: CVE-2006-3629 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3629?: To fix CVE-2006-3629, 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-2006-3629 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3629 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.