CVE-2006-3678 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TippingPoint IPS running the TippingPoint Operating System (TOS) before 2.2.4.6519 allows remote attackers to "force the device into layer 2 fallback (L2FB)", causing a denial of service (page fault), via a malformed packet.

Published: 2006-07-26

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:3com:tippingpoint_ips_tos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-3673	TippingPoint IPS running the TippingPoint Operating System (TOS) before 2.2.4.6519 allows remote attackers to "force the device into layer 2 fallback (L2FB)", causing a denial of service (page fault), via a malformed packet.

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 0.01344.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21154
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1286
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016562
http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-06-003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440944/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2956
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27934

History

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Subscriptions

3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-26T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.513Z

Reserved: 2006-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3678

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-26T23:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3678

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-254

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