FreeBSD 6.0 ipfw denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in FreeBSD 6.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ipfw. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-0054. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FreeBSD 6.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component ipfw. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 01/11/2006 by Oleg Bulyzhin with FreeBSD Team (Website). The advisory is available at ftp.freebsd.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0054 since 12/30/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56109 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2011:132-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.FreeBSD.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24073), Tenable (56109), SecurityFocus (BID 16209†), OSVDB (22319†) and Secunia (SA18378†). Similar entry is available at VDB-4378. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 56109
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2011:132-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 56109
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc)
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Patch: ftp.FreeBSD.org

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Sourcesinfo

Product: freebsd.org

Advisory: ftp.freebsd.org
Researcher: Oleg Bulyzhin
Organization: FreeBSD Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1970
X-Force: 24073 - FreeBSD ipfw ICMP IP fragment denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 16209 - FreeBSD IPFW IP Fragment Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18378 - FreeBSD ipfw IP Fragment Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 22319 - FreeBSD ipfw Layer 4 Tracking Fragmented IP Packet Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015477 - FreeBSD ipfw Error in Processing IP Fragments May Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 21822 - FreeBSD 6.0 Remote DoS Vulnerability via ICMP IP Fragments, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/12/2006 11:52
Updated: 01/17/2025 00:14
Changes: 01/12/2006 11:52 (86), 02/07/2017 17:04 (8), 03/12/2021 11:04 (3), 01/17/2025 00:14 (25)
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Cache ID: 216:C6B:103

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