CVE-2006-0718 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Avaya VSU and CSU devices running IPSec by sending malicious IKEv1 packets, causing a denial of service.

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-2006-0718?

CVE-2006-0718 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Avaya VSU 100, 2000, 7500, 10000, and CSU 5000, when running IPSec, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1. NOTE: due to the lack of details in the advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0718?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Avaya Csu 5000, Avaya Vsu 100, Avaya Vsu 10000, Avaya Vsu 2000, Avaya Vsu 7500.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0718?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0718 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-2006-0718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vmvc-m45v-29vq.

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