High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-4574
CVE-2006-4574
Description
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.
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References
22- secunia.com/advisories/22590nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PnvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22659nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22672nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22692nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22797nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22841nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22929nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/23096nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220nvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740nvdBroken Link
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