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Wireshark contains an unspecified vulnerability in the XOT dissector

Vulnerability Note VU#723736

Original Release Date: 2006-11-30 | Last Revised: 2006-12-20

Overview

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the XOT dissector that may cause the application to crash.

Description

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the XOT dissector that may allow the application to allocate a large amount of memory and cause the application to crash. This vulnerability may be exploited when a remote attacker sends a specially crafted, malformed packet or by convincing the user to read a malformed packet trace file.

Wireshark states that Wireshark version 0.99.3 is affected by this vulnerability.

Note: Ethereal has changed its name to Wireshark.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service condition.

Solution

Update
Wireshark has released an updated product version (Wireshark 0.99.4).

Workaround

Wireshark provides a workaround in security document wnpa-sec-2006-03.

Vendor Information

723736
 

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Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was reported in Wireshark document wnpa-sec-2006-03.

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2006-4805
Date Public: 2006-10-27
Date First Published: 2006-11-30
Date Last Updated: 2006-12-20 15:37 UTC
Document Revision: 18

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