CVE-2005-0036 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in DeleGate via a malformed compressed DNS packet, triggering an infinite loop.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-0036?

CVE-2005-0036 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DNS implementation in DeleGate 8.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could trigger an infinite loop.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0036?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Delegate Delegate, Etl Delegate.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0036 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-0036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4x57-pwj6-vr3h.

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