CVE-2006-6653 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service by triggering socket leaks via invalid parameters in the accept function.
- 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-2006-6653?
CVE-2006-6653 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 20 Dec 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The accept function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029 allows local users to cause a denial of service (socket consumption) via an invalid (1) name or (2) namelen parameter, which may result in the socket never being closed (aka "a dangling socket").
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6653?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6653?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6653 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-2006-6653 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6653 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-889m-6cc9-v7f2.