Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ethereal by Ethereal
CVE-2006-1940

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Ethereal Group

Status
Ethereal
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2006

What is CVE-2006-1940?

Ethereal versions from 0.10.4 to 0.10.14 are susceptible to a vulnerability in the SNDCP dissector, which may be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause the application to abort unexpectedly, disrupting the service provided by Ethereal and posing risks to network analysis operations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19828
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http://secunia.com/advisories/19839
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http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
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EPSS Score

5% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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