FKIE_CVE-2006-5740

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-27 23:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LDAP packet.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22590Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22672
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22692
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22797
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22841
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22929
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23096
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22590Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22797
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 0.99.3
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