CVE-2006-0381 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash FreeBSD or OpenBSD systems by sending crafted packets when specific IP fragment scrubbing rules are enabled.
- 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-2006-0381?
CVE-2006-0381 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 25 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A logic error in the IP fragment cache functionality in pf in FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, and 6.0, and OpenBSD, when a 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl' rule is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets that cause a packet fragment to be inserted twice.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0381?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0381?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0381 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-2006-0381 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0381 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4x4x-qj57-37wg.