CVE-2006-1938 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1938 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-1938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 25 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Ethereal Group Ethereal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1938/index.md)
Remote attackers can crash Ethereal via null dereference in Sniffer or SMB dissectors, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1938?
CVE-2006-1938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 25 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.8.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash from null dereference) via the (1) Sniffer capture or (2) SMB PIPE dissector.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1938?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-1938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9fj-qg8h-9mv2.