CVE-2006-4574

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.71% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844 third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740 signature vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 third party advisory broken link
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html third party advisory
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 vendor advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded broken link mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4574?
CVE-2006-4574 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4574?
To fix CVE-2006-4574, 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-2006-4574 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4574 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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