PT-2006-1541 · Php · Php-Ping

Published 2006-01-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0475

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHP-Ping version 1.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a ping flood, by exploiting improper validation of ping counts. This can be achieved by providing a negative count parameter.

Recommendations For PHP-Ping version 1.3, consider validating the ping count parameter to prevent negative values and mitigate the risk of a ping flood. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the ping functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0475

Affected Products

Php-Ping

References · 6

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0475 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0475 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0368 · Note
• http://kapda.ir/advisory-231.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24382 · Note