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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1201-1 New ethereal packages fix denial of service
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Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-17T14:05:27.724Z

Reserved: 2006-09-06T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4574

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.565Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-10-28T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-4574

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-4574 - Bugzilla

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