CVE-2006-5721 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the system by sending invalid arguments to the SandBox driver in Outpost Firewall PRO.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5721?
CVE-2006-5721 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The \Device\SandBox driver in Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0 (964.582.059) allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an invalid argument to the DeviceIoControl function that triggers an invalid memory operation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5721?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Agnitum Outpost Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5721?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5721 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-2006-5721 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5721 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9px9-qxqj-cwr7.