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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2072 · published 27 April 2006

CVE-2006-2072: Delegate vulnerability

DDelegate · Delegate

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in DeleGate 9.x before 9.0.6 and 8.x before 8.11.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted DNS responses messages that cause (1) a buffer over-read or (2) infinite recursion, which can trigger a segmentation fault or invalid memory access, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% · top 13.8%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in DeleGate 9.x before 9.0.6 and 8.x before 8.11.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted DNS responses messages that cause (1) a buffer over-read or (2) infinite recursion, which can trigger a segmentation fault or invalid memory access, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19750 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015991 Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 US Government Resource
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17691 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081
http://secunia.com/advisories/19750 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015991 Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 US Government Resource
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17691 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2072), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.