CVE-2006-0306 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in CA BrightStor Mobile Backup by sending large network packets that trigger unhandled errors.
- 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-2006-0306?
CVE-2006-0306 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop Protection Suite r2, CA Server Protection Suite r2, and CA Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application hang) via a large network packet, which causes a WSAEMESGSIZE error code that is not handled, leading to a thread exit.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0306?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops, Broadcom Brightstor Mobile Backup, Broadcom Business Protection Suite, Broadcom Desktop Protection Suite, Broadcom Server Protection Suite, Broadcom Unicenter Remote Control and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0306?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0306 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-2006-0306 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0306 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h963-8rp7-384f.