CVE-2006-5740

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html

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