CVE-2006-1068 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Netgear routers by sending malformed DCC SEND strings to IRC channels.
- 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-2006-1068?
CVE-2006-1068 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netgear 614 and 624 routers, possibly running VXWorks, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed DCC SEND string to an IRC channel, which causes an IRC connection reset, possibly related to the masquerading code for NAT environments, and as demonstrated via (1) a DCC SEND with a single long argument, or (2) a DCC SEND with IP, port, and filesize arguments with a 0 value.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1068?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netgear Netgear Router.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1068?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1068 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-2006-1068 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1068 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm75-6fhp-76jf.