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

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Key Information:

Vendor: Ethereal Group
Status: Ethereal
Vendor: CVE Published:; 25 April 2006

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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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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Apr 25, 2006
Vulnerability Reserved
Apr 20, 2006

CVE-2006-1940 Data

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