CVE-2006-3575 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause denial of service in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise by inputting long strings into specific configuration fields.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-3575?

CVE-2006-3575 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in the Buffer Overflow Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unstable operation) via a long string in the (1) "Process name", (2) "Module name", or (3) "API name" fields.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3575?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Virusscan.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3575 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-2006-3575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g2xw-966p-fmw3.

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