Explain CVE-2006-1938
Multiple 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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '19828', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19828'}, {'name': '19839', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19839'}, {'name': '20210', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20210'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2006-456', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00194.html'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2006:077', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:077'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.html'}, {'name': '19769', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19769'}, {'name': '19962', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19962'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2006-461', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00195.html'}, {'name': 'ethereal-sniffer-capture-dos(26016)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26016'}, {'name': '1015985', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1015985'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9850', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9850'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200604-17', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-17.xml'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-1501', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1501'}, {'name': 'ethereal-smbpipe-dos(26023)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26023'}, {'name': 'DSA-1049', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1049'}, {'name': '19805', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19805'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-128.htm'}, {'name': '20060501-01-U', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SGI'], 'url': 'ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2006:010', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html'}, {'name': '20117', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20117'}, {'name': '17682', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17682'}, {'name': '20944', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20944'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0420', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0420.html'}, {'name': '19958', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19958'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED