--- title: "CVE-2006-4005\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4005?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-4005 Publication date 7 August 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a certain malformed PKGF\_ackreq packet, which triggers a crash in the rscache\_add() function in pkgcache.c; and (2) an error packet, which is intended to be received by clients and force client shutdown, but also triggers server shutdown. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | bomberclone | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.11.7-1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4005) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4005) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4005) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4005) ### Other references *