# CVE-2006-5468: Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-10-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

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## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363992
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10707
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29840
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22797

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