Description
The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.
Published: 2006-08-24
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: 4.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1171-1 New ethereal packages fix execution of arbitrary code
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4321 The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.371Z

Reserved: 2006-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4333

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-24T20:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4333

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-08-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-4333 - Bugzilla

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