CVE-2006-0538 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via SYN flood when Denial of Service Protection is enabled in CipherTrust IronMail.
- 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-2006-0538?
CVE-2006-0538 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CipherTrust IronMail 5.0.1, when "Denial of Service Protection" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly CPU consumption) via a SYN flood with malformed TCP packets from multiple connections.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ciphertrust Ironmail.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0538 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-2006-0538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2cfv-m46w-52hh.