CVE-2006-2072 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in DeleGate servers by sending crafted DNS responses that trigger buffer over-reads or infinite recursion.
- 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-2006-2072?
CVE-2006-2072 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in DeleGate 9.x before 9.0.6 and 8.x before 8.11.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted DNS responses messages that cause (1) a buffer over-read or (2) infinite recursion, which can trigger a segmentation fault or invalid memory access, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2072?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Delegate Delegate.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2072?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2072 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-2006-2072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpcj-8wv9-3ccm.