CVE-2006-3057

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2006-3057 · Published 16/06/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-3057 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dhcdbd (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dhcdbd gnome	`= 1.10= 1.12`	No fix yet

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in NetworkManager daemon for DHCP (dhcdbd) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain invalid DHCP responses that trigger memory corruption.

References

secunia.com/advisories/20754
secunia.com/advisories/20899
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
securityfocus.com/bid/18459
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27291
usn.ubuntu.com/299-1

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