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CVE-2006-0433

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2006-02-14	FreeBSD -- Infinite loop in SACK handling

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CVE-2006-0433 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2006-0433
Phase	Assigned(20060125)

Description

Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) in FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 does not properly handle an incoming selective acknowledgement when there is insufficient memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

References

Source	Reference
FREEBSD	FreeBSD-SA-06:08
BID	16466
VUPEN	ADV-2006-0409
OSVDB	22861
SECTRACK	1015566
SECUNIA	18696
SREASON	399
XF	bsd-sack-handling-dos(24453)