WinGate < 6.2.0 Compressed Name Pointer DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3818

Synopsis

The remote proxy is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host appears to be running WinGate, a Windows application for managing and securing Internet access. The version of WinGate installed on the remote host contains a flaw involving the processing of DNS requests with compressed name pointers. By sending a specially-crafted DNS request to a UDP port on which WinGate is listening, an unauthenticated remote attacker can cause the affected application to consume 100% of the available CPU, thereby denying service to legitimate users.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.2.0 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3818

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/27/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:qbik:wingate

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4518

BID: 21295

Detections

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