CVE-2006-5179 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by sending X.509 certificates with large RSA parameters to Intoto iGateway VPN devices.
- 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-2006-5179?
CVE-2006-5179 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Intoto iGateway VPN and iGateway SSL-VPN allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via parasitic public keys with large (1) "public exponent" or (2) "public modulus" values in X.509 certificates that require extra time to process when using RSA signature verification, a related issue to CVE-2006-2940.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5179?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Intoto Igateway Ssl-Vpn, Intoto Igateway Vpn.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5179?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5179 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-2006-5179 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5179 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4qpr-78cg-wp5p.