CVE-2006-0966 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NCP Network Communication Secure Client 8.11 Build 146, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of arguments to ncprwsnt.exe, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2006-03-02

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ncp_network_communications:secure_client:8.11_build_146:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0969	NCP Network Communication Secure Client 8.11 Build 146, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of arguments to ncprwsnt.exe, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00072.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19082
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16906
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25248

History

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Subscriptions

Ncp Network Communications Secure Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-03-02T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:56:14.693Z

Reserved: 2006-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0966

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-03-02T23:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0966

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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