CVE-2006-6876 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the fetchsms function in the SMS handling module (libsms_getsms.c) in OpenSER 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SMS message, triggering memory corruption when the "beginning" buffer is copied to the third (pdu) argument.

Published: 2007-01-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:a:openser:openser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-6859	Buffer overflow in the fetchsms function in the SMS handling module (libsms_getsms.c) in OpenSER 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SMS message, triggering memory corruption when the "beginning" buffer is copied to the third (pdu) argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00994.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-01/0093.html
http://www.osvdb.org/33340
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455415/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21800
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31137

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-05T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.804Z

Reserved: 2007-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6876

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6876

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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