CVE-2006-5286 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Novell BorderManager via unspecified IKE vectors, requiring specific VPN settings, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5286?
CVE-2006-5286 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in IKE.NLM in Novell BorderManager 3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown attack vectors related to "VPN issues" for certain "IKE and IPsec settings."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5286?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Bordermanager.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5286?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5286 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-2006-5286 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5286 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r7mp-wj3c-mj87.