CVE-2006-3840 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SMB Mailslot parsing functionality of several ISS products, including Proventia and BlackICE, due to improper handling of crafted SMB packets. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity issue, requiring low attack complexity but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6cpkCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_pc_protection:3.6cpk:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6cpkCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_server_protection:3.6cpk:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.675.1790CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:proventia_desktop:8.0.675.1790:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.812.1790CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:proventia_desktop:8.0.812.1790:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0epkCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iss:realsecure_desktop:7.0epk:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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