CVE-2006-4005

Public Exploit

Description

BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a certain malformed PKGF_ackreq packet, which triggers a crash in the rscache_add() function in pkgcache.c; and (2) an error packet, which is intended to be received by clients and force client shutdown, but also triggers server shutdown.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.47% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory altervista.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21303	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19255	vdb entry exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/27647	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180	vendor advisory
http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip	exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/27649	vdb entry
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt	vendor advisory exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28093	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21985	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4005?: CVE-2006-4005 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4005?: To fix CVE-2006-4005, 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-2006-4005 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4005 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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