DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:18459

CVE-2006-3057 |

Info

DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18459
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-3057
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 15 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 2006 09:54PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Florian Hackenberger<[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
GNOME dhcdbd 1.12
GNOME dhcdbd 1.10
Not Vulnerable: GNOME dhcdbd 1.14

Discussion

DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

DHCDBD is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

The issue presents itself when the application handles malformed data and accesses out-of-bounds memory.

DHCDBD 1.10 and 1.12 are vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.14 to address this issue.

Please see the referenced third-party vendor advisories for information on obtaining and applying fixes.


GNOME dhcdbd 1.12

GNOME dhcdbd 1.10

References

DHCDBD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report