5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-3840
ISS PAM SMB Mailslot Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The SMB Mailslot parsing functionality in PAM in multiple ISS products with XPU (24.39/1.78/epj/x.x.x.1780), including Proventia A, G, M, Server, and Desktop, BlackICE PC and Server Protection 3.6, and RealSecure 7.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted SMB packet that is not properly handled by the SMB_Mailslot_Heap_Overflow decode.

INFO

Published Date :

July 27, 2006, 11:04 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-3840 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Iss blackice_pc_protection
2 Iss blackice_server_protection
3 Iss realsecure_desktop
4 Iss realsecure_server_sensor
5 Iss proventia_desktop
6 Iss realsecure_network
7 Iss proventia_a_series_xpu
8 Iss proventia_g_series_xpu
9 Iss proventia_m_series_xpu
10 Iss proventia_server

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-3840 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-3840 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21219
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016590
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016591
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016592
    Added Reference http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0607.htm
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441278/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19178
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2996
    Added Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/230
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27965
    Added Reference https://iss.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iss.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3630
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/441278/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441278/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27965 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27965 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-3840 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-3840 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

13.22 }} 2.96%

score

0.95535

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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