CVE-2006-0538

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

CipherTrust IronMail 5.0.1, when "Denial of Service Protection" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly CPU consumption) via a SYN flood with malformed TCP packets from multiple connections.

Affected products

Ciphertrust Ironmail: through 5.0.1

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/407
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015555
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24445
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/407
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015555
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24445

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