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CVE-2006-4574 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/11/2017

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9740
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9740

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4574
NVD Published Date:
10/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2018