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CVE-2006-3840 Detail

Current 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.


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Metrics

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21219 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016590 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016591 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016592 CVE, MITRE
http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0607.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441278/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19178 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2996 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/230 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27965 CVE, MITRE
https://iss.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iss.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3630 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_pc_protection:3.6cpk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_server_protection:3.6cpk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:proventia_desktop:8.0.675.1790:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:proventia_desktop:8.0.812.1790:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:realsecure_desktop:7.0epk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:realsecure_network:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:iss:realsecure_server_sensor:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:h:iss:proventia_a_series_xpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:h:iss:proventia_g_series_xpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:h:iss:proventia_m_series_xpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:h:iss:proventia_server:1.0.914.1880:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3840
NVD Published Date:
07/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE