CVE-2006-6767 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the oftpd daemon by sending LPRT or LPASV commands with unsupported address families, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-6767?
CVE-2006-6767 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
oftpd before 0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via a (1) LPRT or (2) LPASV command with an unsupported address family, which triggers an assertion failure.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6767?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Time-Travellers Oftpd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6767?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6767 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-2006-6767 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6767 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63cg-4vgw-wxjj.