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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2006-4805 json

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 att…

published 2006-10-27 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4792

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4805

  • wireshark RHEL 2.1 0.99.4-AS21.1
  • wireshark RHEL 3 0.99.4-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 0.99.4-EL4.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 2.1 0.99.4-AS21.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 0.99.4-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 0.99.4-EL4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0726

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.8-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-4805 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 0.99.4-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.4-AS21.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-AS21.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 0.99.4-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 0.99.4-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 0.99.4-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.4-AS21.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-AS21.1
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 0.99.4-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 0.99.4-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.4-AS21.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-AS21.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 0.99.4-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 0.99.4-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-EL4.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 wireshark 0.99.4-AS21.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.4-AS21.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0726

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Exploit prediction

4.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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