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CVE-2006-6538 (GCVE-0-2006-6538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-14 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:26
VLAI
Summary
D-LINK DWL-2000AP+ firmware 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (device reset) via a flood of ARP replies on the wired or wireless (radio) link and (2) a denial of service (device crash) via a flood of ARP requests on the wireless link.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tripp.dynalias.org/arpflood.c x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454047/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/23332 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2029 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2915 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4965 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2006-12-11 00:00
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