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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-0956

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.

LOW 1.7EPSS 0.64%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
1.7 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
0.64% probability · 49th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
nufw/nufw firewall
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.