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CVE-2006-1936

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.8.5 up to 0.10.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the telnet dissector.

Affected products

• Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.9.15, 0.9.16, 0.10, 0.10.0, 0.10.0a, 0.10.1 (+12)

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19769
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19805
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19828
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19839
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19958
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19962
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20944
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015985

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