CVE-2006-1408 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Vavoom via malformed or large packets, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2006-1408?

CVE-2006-1408 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vavoom 1.19.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) a packet with no data or (2) a large packet, which prevents Vavoom from discarding the packet from the socket.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1408?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vavoom Vavoom.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1408 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-2006-1408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r7m9-xhqf-fcmf.

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