CVE-2006-1966 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An unspecified Fortinet product, possibly Fortinet28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a "small synflood" to the SMTP port (TCP port 25), as demonstrated by a 10-microsecond wait between sending packets. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in followup posts that suggest that a protection feature is triggering a RST.

Published: 2006-04-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortinet28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-1966	An unspecified Fortinet product, possibly Fortinet28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a "small synflood" to the SMTP port (TCP port 25), as demonstrated by a 10-microsecond wait between sending packets. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in followup posts that suggest that a protection feature is triggering a RST.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.00739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0449.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0472.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431404/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortinet28

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:30.616Z

Reserved: 2006-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1966

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-21T10:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-1966

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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