CVE-2006-5964 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers or user-assisted remote attackers can crash the system by right-clicking files with long filenames in PentaZip.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5964?
CVE-2006-5964 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
choShilA.bpl in PentaZip 8.5.1.190 and PentaSuite-PRO 8.5.1.221 allows local users, and user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by right clicking on a file with a long filename.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5964?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Pentaware Pentasuite-Pro, Pentaware Pentazip.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5964?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5964 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-2006-5964 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5964 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r4xc-r2hf-p552.