CVE-2006-3606 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash applications using the Sun Solaris X Inter Client Exchange library, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-3606?
CVE-2006-3606 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 14 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris X Inter Client Exchange library (libICE) on Solaris 8 and 9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) to applications that use the library.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3606?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3606?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3606 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-2006-3606 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3606 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qcw4-jm8r-x7r3.