CVE-2006-0451 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Fedora Directory Server by sending invalid BER packets that trigger memory leaks.
- 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-2006-0451?
CVE-2006-0451 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Fedora Core, published on 14 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in the LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via invalid BER packets that trigger an error, which might prevent memory from being freed if it was allocated during the ber_scanf call, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0451?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Fedora Core.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0451?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0451 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-2006-0451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Fedora Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gp23-6585-vcq6.