CVE-2006-0054 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published 11 Jan 2006 Updated 16 Jan 2025

Remote attackers can crash the FreeBSD ipfw firewall by sending crafted ICMP fragments, causing a denial of service.

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-2006-0054?

CVE-2006-0054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 11 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ipfw firewall in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall crash) via ICMP IP fragments that match a reset, reject or unreach action, which leads to an access of an uninitialized pointer.

Weakness: CWE-824

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0054?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-0054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jw6x-xphc-fgvr.