CVE-2006-4805

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    CVE-2006-4805

    Published: 27 Oct 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P, http://secunia.com/advisories/22590, http://secunia.com/advisories/22659, http://secunia.com/advisories/22672, http://secunia.com/advisories/22692, http://secunia.com/advisories/22797, http://secunia.com/advisories/22841, http://secunia.com/advisories/22929, http://secunia.com/advisories/23096, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736, 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.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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