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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-3628 · published 21 July 2006

CVE-2006-3628: Ethereal group ethereal vulnerability

Ethereal Group · Ethereal

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.x to 0.99.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) ANSI MAP, (2) Checkpoint FW-1, (3) MQ, (4) XML, and (5) NTP dissectors.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 6.9% CWE-134 · CWE-134
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
64References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.x to 0.99.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) ANSI MAP, (2) Checkpoint FW-1, (3) MQ, (4) XML, and (5) NTP dissectors.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21078 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21107 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21121 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21204 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21249 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21488 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22089 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016532
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1127
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27362
http://www.osvdb.org/27363
http://www.osvdb.org/27364
http://www.osvdb.org/27369
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440576/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19051 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2850 Vendor Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27822
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27824
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27828
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-512
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9175
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21078 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21107 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21121 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21204 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21249 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-3628), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.