CVE-2006-4518 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Qbik WinGate 6.1.4 and earlier versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted DNS request containing a self-referencing compressed name pointer, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for an unauthenticated network attack resulting in partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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