CVE-2006-6011 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 21 Nov 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the SAP Web Application Server enserver.exe process by sending a specific UDP packet to port 64999.

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-2006-6011?

CVE-2006-6011 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in SAP Web Application Server before 6.40 patch 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (enserver.exe crash) via a certain UDP packet to port 64999, aka "two bytes UDP crash," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5785.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6011?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Sap Web Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6011?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6011 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-2006-6011 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6011 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9cfp-gqqf-982j.