CVE-2006-6981 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by blocking accounts via NTLM authentication flaws in 3proxy when NT-encoded passwords are used.
- 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-2006-6981?
CVE-2006-6981 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Feb 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
3proxy 0.5 to 0.5.2, when NT-encoded passwords are being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked account) via unspecified vectors related to NTLM authentication, which causes a password hash to be overwritten.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6981?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 3proxy 3proxy.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6981 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-2006-6981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4p33-4mmg-2qxr.