CVE-2006-0054

5.3 MEDIUM

Published: January 11, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

The ipfw firewall in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall crash) via ICMP IP fragments that match a reset, reject or unreach action, which leads to an access of an uninitialized pointer.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/18378

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015477

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.osvdb.org/22319

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16209

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24073

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc