CVE-2006-4332 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark on Windows via malicious DHCP traffic, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4332?
CVE-2006-4332 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 24 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.13 through 0.99.2, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger a bug in Glib.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4332?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4332?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4332 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-4332 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4332 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5q82-8jjj-265c.