CVE-2006-4518

Qbik WinGate 6.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a DNS request with a self-referencing compressed name pointer, which triggers an infinite loop.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-11-28

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Wingate (Qbik)

References

• http://forums.qbik.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=444
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23029
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017284
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21295
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4711
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30491