CVE-2006-2072

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in DeleGate 9.x before 9.0.6 and 8.x before 8.11.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted DNS responses messages that cause (1) a buffer over-read or (2) infinite recursion, which can trigger a segmentation fault or invalid memory access, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.35% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory gov.uk Vendor Advisory gov.uk

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777	third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015991	patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19750	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1506	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17691	patch vdb entry
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en	vendor advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2072?: CVE-2006-2072 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2072?: To fix CVE-2006-2072, 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-2006-2072 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2072 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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