CVE-2006-1218

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP proxy in Novell BorderManager 3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and ABEND) via unknown attack vectors related to "media streaming over HTTP 1.1".

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.39% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory novell.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0879	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17031	patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19163	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23752	vdb entry
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972993.htm	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1218?: CVE-2006-1218 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1218?: To fix CVE-2006-1218, 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-2006-1218 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1218 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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