CVE-2006-4508 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers operating Tor entry nodes can route arbitrary traffic through clients or cause denial of service via flooding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-4508?
CVE-2006-4508 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Tor Tor, published on 31 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in (1) Tor 0.1.0.x before 0.1.0.18 and 0.1.1.x before 0.1.1.23, and (2) ScatterChat before 1.0.2, allows remote attackers operating a Tor entry node to route arbitrary Tor traffic through clients or cause a denial of service (flood) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4508?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Scatterchat Scatterchat, Tor Tor.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4508?
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-2006-4508 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4508 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tor Tor
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4508, GHSA-48qc-hgg4-x87r.