CVE-2006-4518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Qbik 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01224.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Qbik	Wingate

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4506	Qbik 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://forums.qbik.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=444
http://secunia.com/advisories/23029
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017284
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21295
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4711
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30491

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-28T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.262Z

Reserved: 2006-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-4518

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-28T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-4518

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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