CVE-2006-4518

Published: Nov 28, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

qbik

commercialaka wingate

wingateOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://forums.qbik.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215

forums.qbik.com

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=444

labs.idefense.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23029

secunia.com

and 4 more references View all →

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