CVE-2006-4518

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4518
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-28 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionQbik WinGate 6.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a DNS request with a self-referencing compressed name pointer, which triggers an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qbik Wingate All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WinGate Forums • Index page CONFIRM forums.qbik.com Patch
Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Qbik WinGate Compressed Name Pointer Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
WinGate DNS Request Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
20061126 Qbik WinGate Compressed Name Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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