CVE-2006-0566 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the CommuniGate Pro Core Server by sending LDAP messages with excessively large Distinguished Names.
- 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-2006-0566?
CVE-2006-0566 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LDAP component in CommuniGate Pro Core Server 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via LDAP messages that contain Distinguished Names (DN) fields with a large number of elements.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0566?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Communigate Communigate Pro Core Server.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0566 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-2006-0566 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0566 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g527-324c-34j6.