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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2006-4805

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2006-4805

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/27/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ethereal

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