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
Published Aug 7, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.67%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
- 0.11.5
- 0.11.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.67% (0.03665) | 89.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.39% (0.03386) | 87.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 4.27% (0.04269) | 88.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.47% (0.02473) | 83.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.00% (0.03997) | 80.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.54% (0.02539) | 84.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.47% (0.12472) | 95.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 6.70% (0.06696) | 92.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 5.44% (0.05435) | 92.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 7.61% (0.07613) | 93.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 8.18% (0.08177) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 8.55% (0.08555) | 93.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.51% (0.08507) | 93.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21303 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21985 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/27647 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/27649 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19255 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28093 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21303 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21985 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1180 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/27647 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/27649 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19255 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3067 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28090 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28093 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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