CVE-2006-0054

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0054
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-11 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe ipfw firewall in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall crash) via ICMP IP fragments that match a reset, reject or unreach action, which leads to an access of an uninitialized pointer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem Types: CWE-824 | n/a | CWE-824 CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD ipfw IP Fragment Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeBSD ipfw Error in Processing IP Fragments May Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
FreeBSD IPFW IP Fragment Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.osvdb.org/22319 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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