CVE-2006-4518 - Qbik WinGate 6.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption

CVE-2006-4518

Summary

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.

References

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

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 20-07-2017 - 01:33)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	21295
confirm	http://forums.qbik.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215
idefense	20061126 Qbik WinGate Compressed Name Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability
sectrack	1017284
secunia	23029
vupen	ADV-2006-4711
xf	qbik-name-pointer-dos(30491)

Last major update

20-07-2017 - 01:33

Published

28-11-2006 - 23:28

Last modified

20-07-2017 - 01:33