CVE-2006-4574

Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.

• CWE-193
• CWE-617
• CWE-193

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22590Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22659Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22672Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22692Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22797Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22841Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23096Broken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htmThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220Broken Link
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746Broken Link
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740Broken Link
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22590Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22659Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22672Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22692Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22797Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22841Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23096Broken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htmThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220Broken Link
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746Broken Link
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740Broken Link

Published

Oct 28, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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