CVE-2006-4005 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the BomberClone game server by sending malformed packets, 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
- Available
What is CVE-2006-4005?
CVE-2006-4005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a certain malformed PKGF_ackreq packet, which triggers a crash in the rscache_add() function in pkgcache.c; and (2) an error packet, which is intended to be received by clients and force client shutdown, but also triggers server shutdown.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bomberclone Bomberclone.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4005?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2006-4005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005, GHSA-399q-2wfm-rqrv.