Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5417
CVE-2006-5417
Description
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) via a long packet, possibly because of an invalid string position field value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_agent:1.0.178.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_agent:1.0.178.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.0.178.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- secunia.com/advisories/22371nvdVendor Advisory
- securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.htmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1750nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448546/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20496nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29501nvd
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