CVE-2006-4292

Unspecified vulnerability in Niels Provos Honeyd before 1.5b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets.

Published: 2006-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4292 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4292

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.88% 1.56% +0.68%
2 2025-04-10 0.72% 0.88% +0.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.72% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4292

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4292

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4292

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-4292 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (honeyd), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
niels_provos honeyd 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:honeyd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels_provos honeyd 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:honeyd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels_provos honeyd 1.5a cpe:2.3:a:niels_provos:honeyd:1.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4292

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