CVE-2006-1647 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in SMART SynchronEyes by sending large packets to the Teacher discovery port, terminating communication threads.
- 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-2006-1647?
CVE-2006-1647 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unspecified "logical programming mistake" in SMART SynchronEyes Student and Teacher 6.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large packet to the Teacher discovery port (UDP port 5496), which causes a thread to terminate and prevents communications on that port.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1647?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smart Technologies Synchroneyes.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1647?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1647 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-2006-1647 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1647 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5cj-6rpv-7mpm.