CVE-2006-6653 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029. Local authenticated users can trigger socket consumption by providing invalid parameters to the accept function, leading to "dangling sockets" that are never closed. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.7, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
currentCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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