BomberClone rscache_add() denial of service
| bomberclone-rscacheadd-dos (28090) |  Low Risk |
Description:
BomberClone is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an unspecified error in the rscache_add() function in pkgcache.c. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted packets to cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1180-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- BomberClone Web site: BomberClone.
- Luigi Auriemma Advisory 30 Jul 2006: Bugs in BomberClone 0.11.6.
- BID-19255: Bomberclone Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4005: BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a certain malformed PKGF_ackreq packet, which triggers a crash in the rscache_add() function in pkgcache.c; and (2) an error packet, which is intended to be received by clients and force client shutdown, but also triggers server shutdown.
- DSA-1180: bomberclone -- programming error
- OSVDB ID: 27647: BomberClone rscache_add Crafted Packet Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 27649: BomberClone Error Message Server Termination DoS
- SA21303: BomberClone Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3067: BomberClone Multiple Denial of Service and Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- steffen BomberClone prior to 0.11.6
Reported:
Jul 30, 2006
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