National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5469

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.11 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger a null dereference.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4220

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220

External Source: BID

Name: 20762

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22590

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22590

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9537

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9537

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-wbxml-dos(29842)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29842

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061101 rPSA-2006-0202-1 tshark wireshark

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0726

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:065

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:195

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017129

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23096

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23096

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22929

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22841

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22841

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22797

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22797

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22692

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22692

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22672

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22672

External Source: SGI

Name: 20061101-01-P

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9537

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9537