MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Oct 27, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.25%
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
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
wireshark-0:0.99.4-AS21.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0726
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:0.99.4-EL3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0726
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:0.99.4-EL4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0726
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | wireshark-0:0.99.4-AS21.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0726 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:0.99.4-EL3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0726 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:0.99.4-EL4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0726 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.25% 0.02255
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02255
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02255) | 82.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02067) | 78.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.39% (0.02391) | 83.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.99% (0.05992) | 84.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01572) | 80.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01873) | 88.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 8, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01873) | 87.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01144) | 82.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00809) | 79.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00502) | 73.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 72.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 69.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (25)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22590 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22672 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22692 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22797 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22841 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5740 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618222 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5740
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5740
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 27, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 27, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5740
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a