CVE-2006-3664 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Sun Solaris NIS server by triggering a hang in the ypserv daemon.
- 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-2006-3664?
CVE-2006-3664 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 17 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in NIS server on Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local and remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ypserv hang) via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3664?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3664?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3664 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-2006-3664 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrrj-v656-58wv.