CVE-2006-2078

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in multiple FITELnet products, including FITELnet-F40, F80, F100, F120, F1000, and E20/E30, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted DNS messages that trigger errors in (1) ProxyDNS or (2) PKI-Resolver, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.25% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory gov.uk

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19820	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1536	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17710	vdb entry patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505	vdb entry
http://www.furukawa.co.jp/fitelnet/topic/dns2_attacks.html
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en	patch vendor advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2078?: CVE-2006-2078 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2078?: To fix CVE-2006-2078, 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-2006-2078 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2078 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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