CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1150

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Tenes Empanadas Graciela (TEG) 0.11.1 occurs when an underscore is automatically appended to duplicate nicknames. An attacker can create multiple users with long, identical nicknames, triggering an off-by-one error and causing the application to crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk is a remote denial of service (DoS) that crashes the application, potentially disrupting server operations and preventing legitimate users from accessing the service.

Recommendation

Upgrade Tenes Empanadas Graciela to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability. If an update is unavailable, restrict server access to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Tenes Empanadas Graciela (TEG) 0.11.1, automatically appends an _ (underscore) to the end of duplicate nicknames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by creating multiple users with long, identical nicknames, which triggers an off-by-one error.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS