CVE-2006-5391 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Xfire client application by sending a long string to UDP port 25777, 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5391?
CVE-2006-5391 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Xfire 1.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client application crash) via a long string to UDP port 25777.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5391?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xfire Xfire.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5391?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5391 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-2006-5391 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5391 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f9f3-hrgw-32g6.