CVE-2006-4332

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.13 through 0.99.2, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger a bug in Glib.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.52% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3370	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21682	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19690	vdb entry patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21649	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:152	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/335656	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21619	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28553	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21597	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28554	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4332?: CVE-2006-4332 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4332?: To fix CVE-2006-4332, 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-2006-4332 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4332 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.

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