CVE-2006-0054
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 11, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.ascThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18378VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015477VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16209VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24073SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824
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