CVE-2006-5468 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Oct 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via malicious HTTP traffic, causing a denial of service for users analyzing network packets.

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

What is CVE-2006-5468?

CVE-2006-5468 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

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5468?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5468?

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-2006-5468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5468, GHSA-p39h-j93c-vcjq.