# CVE-2006-2707: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can distribute malicious updates to clients because the server fails to validate peer certificates during the update process.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 May 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v88m-v82r-4q2r

## What is CVE-2006-2707?

CVE-2006-2707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Secure Elements Class 5 AVR server (aka C5 EVM) before 2.8.1 does not validate the peer certificate when obtaining an update, which could allow remote attackers to distribute malicious updates to clients.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2707?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Secure Elements Class 5 Enterprise Vulnerability Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-2707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-2707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-2706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2706/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-2708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2708/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-2709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2709/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-2710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2710/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-2711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2711/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-2707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-2707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2707/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2707

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2707/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.