01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-28 23:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c67aa73657a1f717ae0a76f533f3695235840f9e7fe89ceda3d3ebd7d6e0e85
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com21295http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21295
- labs.idefense.com20061126 Qbik WinGate Compressed Name Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=444
- securitytracker.com1017284http://securitytracker.com/id?1017284
- forums.qbik.comhttp://forums.qbik.com/viewtopic.php?t=4215
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqbik-name-pointer-dos(30491)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30491
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4711http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4711
- secunia.com23029http://secunia.com/advisories/23029