CVE-2006-1934
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) ALCAP dissector, (2) Network Instruments file code, or (3) NetXray/Windows Sniffer…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) ALCAP dissector, (2) Network Instruments file code, or (3) NetXray/Windows Sniffer file code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.15% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ethereal group/ethereal
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19828
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19839
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20944
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015985
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-128.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1049
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.htmlPatch, URL Repurposed
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-17.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:077
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00194.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00195.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0420.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17682
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26014
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26026
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26027
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10445
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19805
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.