CVE-2006-0900 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the FreeBSD kernel via a crafted NFS mount request.
- 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-2006-0900?
CVE-2006-0900 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 27 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
nfsd in FreeBSD 6.0 kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted NFS mount request, as demonstrated by the ProtoVer NFS test suite.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0900 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-2006-0900 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0900 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6g68-8547-vmxp.