CVE-2006-1966 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Fortinet SMTP services via small SYN floods, though the issue is disputed as potential protection feature behavior.
- 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-2006-1966?
CVE-2006-1966 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unspecified Fortinet product, possibly Fortinet28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a "small synflood" to the SMTP port (TCP port 25), as demonstrated by a 10-microsecond wait between sending packets. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in followup posts that suggest that a protection feature is triggering a RST.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1966?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Fortinet28.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1966?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1966 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-2006-1966 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1966 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x69m-jqjf-cwcg.