CVE-2006-0967 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service in NCP Network Communication Secure Client by flooding UDP ports, consuming memory and CPU resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0967?
CVE-2006-0967 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NCP Network Communication Secure Client 8.11 Build 146, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory usage and cpu utilization) via a flood of arbitrary UDP datagrams to ports 0 to 65000. NOTE: this issue was reported as a buffer overflow, but that term usually does not apply in flooding attacks.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0967?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ncp Network Communications Secure Client.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0967?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0967 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-2006-0967 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0967 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g35x-gv7j-p692.