CVE-2006-7155 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 7 Mar 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service and replay attacks due to predictable ISAKMP cookies in Novell BorderManager.

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-2006-7155?

CVE-2006-7155 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Novell BorderManager 3.8 SP4 generates the same ISAKMP cookies for the same source IP and port number during the same day, which allows remote attackers to conduct denial of service and replay attacks. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5286.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7155?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Bordermanager.

How do I fix CVE-2006-7155?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7155 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-2006-7155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x3jg-hm3w-9996.