CVE-2006-0433

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Published Feb 2, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) in FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 does not properly handle an incoming selective acknowledgement when there is insufficient memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0440	Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) in FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 does not properly handle an incoming selective acknowledgement when there is insufficient memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.9% (2.876% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/18696
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/399
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015566
http://www.osvdb.org/22861
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16466
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0409
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24453

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published: Feb 2, 2006, 11:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved: Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 2, 2006, 11:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

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