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bomberclone — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005

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.

Products
bomberclone
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.11.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-4005
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Aug 2006, 19:04 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005

bomberclone

Fixed versions: 0.11.7-1

bomberclone

Fixed versions: 0.11.7-1

bomberclone

Fixed versions: 0.11.7-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4005",
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          "value": "bomberclone",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:26.448947059Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4005"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410543,
  "published_at": "2006-08-07T19:04:00+00:00"
}