CVE-2006-1938

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1938
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-25 12:50:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.8.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash from null dereference) via the (1) Sniffer capture or (2) SMB PIPE dissector.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.059020000 probability, percentile 0.906130000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.0 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.0a All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.1 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.10 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.11 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.12 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.13 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.2 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.3 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.4 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.5 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.6 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.7 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.8 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.9 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.10 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.11 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.12 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.13 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.14 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.15 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.16 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.17 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.17a All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.19 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.20 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.5 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.6 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.7 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.8 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.9 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.0 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.10 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.11 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.12 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.13 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.14 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.15 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.16 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.3 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.5 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.6 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.7 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.8 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.9 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9_.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for ethereal - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities in protocol dissectors af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Avaya Products Ethereal Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 0.99.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ethereal: enpa-sa-00023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ethereal.com Patch, URL Repurposed
Red Hat update for ethereal - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ASA-2006-128 (RHSA-2006-0420) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Fedora update for ethereal - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Ethereal Bugs in Multipe Dissectors Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Remote Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for ethereal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1049-1 ethereal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Mandriva update for ethereal - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: ethereal-0.99.0-fc5.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: ethereal-0.99.0-fc4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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