CVE-2006-4805

Description

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.89% 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

References

Link	Tags
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096	third party advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590	third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199	signature vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4805?: CVE-2006-4805 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4805?: To fix CVE-2006-4805, 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-2006-4805 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4805 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.