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CVE-2006-3678
TippingPoint IPS running the TippingPoint Operating System (TOS) before 2.2.4.6519 allows remote attackers to "force the device into layer…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.9%
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Description
TippingPoint IPS running the TippingPoint Operating System (TOS) before 2.2.4.6519 allows remote attackers to "force the device into layer 2 fallback (L2FB)", causing a denial of service (page fault), via a malformed packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-06-003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1286 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 19125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060724 [CYBSEC] TippingPoint detection bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- tippingpoint-ips-pagefault-detection-bypass(27934) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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