iodine 0.3.2 handshake stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in iodine 0.3.2. Affected is the function handshake. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5781. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in iodine 0.3.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function handshake. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the handshake function in iodine 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.

The weakness was shared 11/08/2006 by poplix (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5781 since 11/07/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29995), SecurityFocus (BID 20883†), OSVDB (30182†), Secunia (SA22674†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017155†). The entry VDB-32318 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

iodine

Version

0.3.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/02/2006 🔍
11/03/2006 +1 days 🔍
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11/07/2006 +3 days 🔍
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11/08/2006 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: poplix
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-5781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33164
X-Force: 29995 - iodine handshake() buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 20883 - Iodine DNS Response Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 22674
OSVDB: 30182 - iodine Client handshake() Function Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017155
Vupen: ADV-2006-4333

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/26/2026 20:00
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (62), 08/07/2018 09:34 (1), 04/26/2026 20:00 (17)
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