# CVE-2006-6352: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in F-Prot Antivirus by tricking users into opening a crafted ACE file.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Dec 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97m3-whrh-f7xw

## What is CVE-2006-6352?

CVE-2006-6352 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ACE file.  NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6352?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-6352?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6352 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-6352 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6352 exists.

Public exploit code:

- F-Prot AntiVirus 4.6.6 - 'ACE' Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-6294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6294/): Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 have unspecified impact and attack vectors. (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-3499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3499/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-3374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3374/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2005-3213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3213/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6352 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-6352 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6352 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6352/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6352/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6352
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6352
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6352

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