CVE-2006-4331
Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
02 Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-08-24 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 80d6fed93b759fc514c7c95baf4fef7eae2d45a7739577d7ef77e7a02c40672f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3370http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3370
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-227.htm
- secunia.com21682http://secunia.com/advisories/21682
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14587https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14587
- www.securityfocus.com19690http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19690
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10125https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10125
- securitytracker.com1016736http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0658http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0658.html
- secunia.com21649http://secunia.com/advisories/21649
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:152http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:152
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html
- secunia.com21619http://secunia.com/advisories/21619
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200608-26http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-esp-offbyone(28553)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28553
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#638376http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638376
- secunia.com21885http://secunia.com/advisories/21885
- secunia.com21597http://secunia.com/advisories/21597
- secunia.com22378http://secunia.com/advisories/22378
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.2-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.2-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.2-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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