CVE-2006-5417

Description

McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) via a long packet, possibly because of an invalid string position field value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.18% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448546/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017057	vdb entry
http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20496	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29501	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22371	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1750	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5417?: CVE-2006-5417 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5417?: To fix CVE-2006-5417, 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-2006-5417 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5417 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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