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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-4005 · published 7 August 2006

CVE-2006-4005: Bomberclone vulnerability

BBomberclone · Bomberclone

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.7% · top 10.8%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt ExploitVendor Advisory
http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21303 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21985
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180
http://www.osvdb.org/27647
http://www.osvdb.org/27649
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19255 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28093
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt ExploitVendor Advisory
http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21303 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21985
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180
http://www.osvdb.org/27647
http://www.osvdb.org/27649
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19255 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28093

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Related vulnerabilities

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7.5CVE-2006-0460BomberClone buffer overflows via long error messagesBomberClone before 0.11.6.2 contains multiple buffer overflows triggered by long error messages. A remote attacker can send crafted messages that ove…EPSS 68%analysed5.0CVE-2006-4006Bomberclone information exposure vulnerabilityThe do_gameinfo function in BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier, and possibly other functions, does not reset the packet data size, which causes the send_…EPSS 9.2%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-4005), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.