CVE-2006-1940 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Ethereal versions 0.10.4 through 0.10.14, specifically within its SNDCP dissector. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing the application to abort. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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