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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a off-by-one vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-193. A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
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 tragger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.
The bug was discovered 10/27/2006. The weakness was published 10/27/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4574 since 09/06/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22931 (Debian DSA-1201-1 : ethereal - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156229 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2006:0726,ELSA-2006:0658,ELSA-2006:0602)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29844) and Tenable (22931). Similar entries are available at 31382, 31381, 31380 and 31379.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Off-by-oneCWE: CWE-193 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22931
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1201-1 : ethereal - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57563
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1201-1 (ethereal)
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Timeline
09/06/2006 🔍10/27/2006 🔍
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Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: wireshark.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4574 (🔍)
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X-Force: 29844
SecurityTracker: 1017129
Vulnerability Center: 13046 - Wireshark Remote Denial of Service Due to an Off-By-One Error in MIME Multipart Dissector, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20762 - Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissectors Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22590
OSVDB: 30072 - CVE-2006-4574 - Wireshark - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-4220
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 22:21Updated: 07/10/2019 14:51
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (73), 07/10/2019 14:51 (13)
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