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CVE-2006-4333 Detail

Description

The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/24/2006

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736 Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-227.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/696896 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:152
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0658.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444323/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19690 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3370
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28553
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28556
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-597
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11801

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11801
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11801

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4333
NVD Published Date:
08/24/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2018