CVE-2006-0538

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Published Feb 4, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

CipherTrust IronMail 5.0.1, when "Denial of Service Protection" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly CPU consumption) via a SYN flood with malformed TCP packets from multiple connections.

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ciphertrust:ironmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0545	CipherTrust IronMail 5.0.1, when "Denial of Service Protection" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly CPU consumption) via a SYN flood with malformed TCP packets from multiple connections.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.093% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/407
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015555
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24445

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ciphertrust Ironmail

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 4, 2006, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:41 PM
Reserved: Feb 3, 2006, 12:00 AM

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

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 4, 2006, 12:06 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

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