CVE-2006-4805

Publication date 27 October 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c in the XOT dissector (dissect_xot_pdu) in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an encoded XOT packet that produces a zero length value when it is decoded.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ethereal 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
wireshark 9.10 karmic
Fixed 0.99.4-6
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 0.99.4-6
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 0.99.4-6
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.99.4-6
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 0.99.4-6
7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.99.4-6
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.99.3a-1ubuntu1.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release