CVE-2006-4005
BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-4005- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-4005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3998 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-3998- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-399q-2wfm-rqrv No score
BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash...
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.
- Record
GHSA-399q-2wfm-rqrv- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-4005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
bombercloneDebian:12 |
before 0.11.7-1 | 0.11.7-1 |
bombercloneDebian:13 |
before 0.11.7-1 | 0.11.7-1 |
bombercloneDebian:14 |
before 0.11.7-1 | 0.11.7-1 |
bombercloneDebian:3.1 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 0.11.5-1sarge2, plus listed versions 0.11.5-10.11.5-1sarge1 |
0.11.5-1sarge2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-4005 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Bomberclone, published August 7, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.67%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in bomberclone 0.11.7-1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/21303
securityfocus.com/bid/19255
osvdb.org/27647
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180
aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip
Show 8 moreShow less
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4005
github.com/advisories/GHSA-399q-2wfm-rqrv
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4005