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CVE-2006-5468 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363992 CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29840 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10707 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5468
NVD Published Date:
10/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.