CVE-2007-5029 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Dibbler DHCPv6 server by sending malformed packets with invalid length parameters, 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
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5029?
CVE-2007-5029 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dibbler 0.6.0 does not verify that certain length parameters are appropriate for buffer sizes, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and cause a denial of service (daemon crash), as demonstrated by incorrect behavior of the TSrvMsg constructor in SrvMessages/SrvMsg.cpp when (1) reading the option code and option length and (2) parsing options.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dibbler Dibbler.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5029?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2007-5029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5029, GHSA-cqvf-hcrx-5mjg.