CVE-2006-5901

Published Nov 15, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Hawking Technology wireless router WR254-CA uses a hardcoded IP address among the set of DNS server IP addresses, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or hijack the router by attacking or spoofing the server at the hardcoded address. NOTE: it could be argued that this issue reflects an inherent limitation of DNS itself, so perhaps it should not be included in CVE.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5884 Hawking Technology wireless router WR254-CA uses a hardcoded IP address among the set of DNS server IP addresses, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or hijack the router by attacking or spoofing the server at the hardcoded address. NOTE: it could be argued that this issue reflects an inherent limitation of DNS itself, so perhaps it should not be included in CVE.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM
Reserved
Nov 15, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 15, 2006, 3:07 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM