CVE-2006-4805 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Oct 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via a specially crafted XOT packet that triggers memory consumption and a crash.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-4805?

CVE-2006-4805 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 27 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4805?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4805?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2006-4805 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4805 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4805, GHSA-369f-gjmm-gjfc.