CVE-2006-6915 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can cause denial of service in IBM AIX ftpd via port exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-6915?
CVE-2006-6915 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 10 Jan 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ftpd in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (port exhaustion) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some details were obtained from third party sources.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6915?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6915?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6915 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-2006-6915 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6915 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c67q-vq7m-wxm5.