# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h963-8rp7-384f

## 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: 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, Ca Unicenter Remote Control.

## 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.

## 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:

- Computer Associates Unicenter 6.0 - Remote Control DM Primer Remote Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-5003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5003/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5005](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5005/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5006/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3216/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0449/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0306 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0306 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0306/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0306/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0306
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0306
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0306

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0306/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.