CVE-2006-0956

Publication date 2 March 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

nuauth in NuFW before 1.0.21 does not properly handle blocking TLS sockets, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service hang) by flooding packets at the authentication server.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nufw 9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.0.23-1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.0.23-1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.0.23-1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.0.23-1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.0.23-1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.0.23-1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.0.23-1
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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