CVE-2006-0433
FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 - Denial of Service via Selective Acknowledgement Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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).
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0409
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/22861
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16466
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015566
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/399
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24453
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18696
Scores
EPSS
0.0156
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
freebsd/freebsd
5.3
freebsd/freebsd
5.4
Published
Feb 02, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026