Upstream information

CVE-2006-4574 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 213226 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • wireshark >= 1.10.13-0.2.1
  • wireshark-devel >= 1.10.13-0.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA wireshark-1.10.13-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • wireshark >= 1.0.5-1.34.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA wireshark-1.0.5-1.34.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • wireshark >= 1.4.10-0.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA wireshark-1.4.10-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • wireshark >= 1.8.6-0.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA wireshark-1.8.6-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • wireshark >= 1.10.13-0.2.1
  • wireshark-devel >= 1.10.13-0.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA wireshark-1.10.13-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA wireshark-1.10.13-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • libwireshark18 >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
  • libwiretap15 >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
  • libwsutil16 >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
  • wireshark >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
  • wireshark-devel >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
  • wireshark-ui-qt >= 4.4.7-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA libwireshark18-4.4.7-160000.2.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libwireshark14 >= 3.4.8-1.2
  • libwiretap11 >= 3.4.8-1.2
  • libwsutil12 >= 3.4.8-1.2
  • wireshark >= 3.4.8-1.2
  • wireshark-devel >= 3.4.8-1.2
  • wireshark-ui-qt >= 3.4.8-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11513

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:11:06 2013
CVE page last modified: Sun Nov 2 12:15:49 2025