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CVE-2006-5740 Details

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LDAP packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	0.99.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]