CVE-2006-0054

Description

The ipfw firewall in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall crash) via ICMP IP fragments that match a reset, reject or unreach action, which leads to an access of an uninitialized pointer.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.09% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/22319 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16209 patch vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18378 broken link third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24073 vdb entry third party advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015477 vdb entry third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0054?
CVE-2006-0054 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0054?
To fix CVE-2006-0054, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0054 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0054 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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