Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-0054

Description

The ipfw firewall in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall crash) via ICMP IP fragments that match a reset, reject or unreach action, which leads to an access of an uninitialized pointer.

Affected products

FreeBSD/FreeBSD2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =6.0-RELEASE

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

secunia.com/advisories/18378nvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16209nvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24073nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.ascnvdBroken Link
www.osvdb.org/22319nvdBroken Link

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