CVE-2006-0148
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedNetSarang Xlpd 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections from the same IP address.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceNetSarang Xlpd 2.1 print daemon fails to enforce limits on incoming connections from a single remote IP address, allowing resource exhaustion via excessive simultaneous or rapid connections that causes the service to crash.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Xlpd versionCheck the version of NetSarang Xlpd installed on the system. This can typically be done via the program files directory, add/remove programs, or running xlpd.exe with a version flag if available.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.1 (the only affected version listed).
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Verify Xlpd service is runningCheck if the Xlpd print daemon service is currently running. On Windows, use Services.msc or run 'sc query xlpd' from command prompt.Affected if The service is running and accepting network connections.
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Confirm network exposureExamine network configuration to determine if the Xlpd service is bound to network interfaces and accessible from remote systems. Check listening ports via 'netstat -an | findstr 515' or similar port enumeration.Affected if The service is listening on a network interface accessible to remote hosts.
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Check for connection throttling configurationInspect Xlpd configuration files or settings for any per-IP connection limits, rate limiting, or connection throttling mechanisms.Affected if No connection rate limiting or per-IP connection caps are configured.
A user is affected if they have NetSarang Xlpd version 2.1 running with the service exposed to the network and no connection rate limiting is configured.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement connection rate limiting and per-IP connection throttling on the Xlpd service to restrict the number of connections allowed from any single source address within a given timeframe.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2006-0148 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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