CVE-2006-2413

GNUnet < 0.7.0d - Denial of Service via Empty UDP Datagram

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-2413. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends an empty UDP packet to a vulnerable GNUnet service, causing a remote denial of service (DoS) due to improper handling of malformed packets. The exploit is simple and directly targets the UDP packet processing logic in GNUnet versions up to 0.7.0d.

Description

GNUnet before SVN revision 2781 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an empty UDP datagram, possibly involving FIONREAD errors.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1792

This exploit sends an empty UDP packet to a vulnerable GNUnet service, causing a remote denial of service (DoS) due to improper handling of malformed packets. The exploit is simple and directly targets the UDP packet processing logic in GNUnet versions up to 0.7.0d.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: GNUnet <= 0.7.0d
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target's UDP port
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17980
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://gnunet.org/svn/GNUnet/ChangeLog
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gnunetzero-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433933/100/0/threaded
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20096
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26527
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1799
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/907

Scores

EPSS 0.0504
EPSS Percentile 91.2%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
gnunet/gnunet 0.7.0
gnunet/gnunet 0.7.0a
gnunet/gnunet 0.7.0b
gnunet/gnunet 0.7.0c
gnunet/gnunet < 0.7.0d
Published May 16, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026