CVE-2006-5265
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains) 9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid magic number in a Distributed Process Server (DPS) message.
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 · moderate confidenceMicrosoft Dynamics GP 9.0 and earlier contains a denial of service vulnerability in its Distributed Process Server (DPS) component. Remote attackers can trigger a crash by sending DPS messages containing an invalid magic number, causing the server to fail.
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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<= 9.0CVSS 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 if Microsoft Dynamics GP is installedCheck the Windows Programs and Features (Add/Remove Programs) list for an entry named 'Microsoft Dynamics GP' or check the installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP) for GP.exe or related files.Affected if Microsoft Dynamics GP is installed and the version is 9.0 or earlier.
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Determine the installed Dynamics GP versionLaunch Microsoft Dynamics GP and go to Help > About Microsoft Dynamics GP, or check the installation logs or registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Business Solutions\Great Plains\CurrentVersion for the product version.Affected if The version number returned is 9.0 or lower (for example, 9.0, 8.0, 7.5, etc.).
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Check if Distributed Process Server (DPS) component is enabledReview the Dynamics GP installation for DPS-related services or executables. Check Windows Services for a service named 'DPS' or 'Distributed Process Server', or check the GP directory for files named dps.exe, dpsrv.exe, or similar DPS-related binaries.Affected if The DPS component is installed and the DPS service is running or configured to start.
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Assess network exposure of DPS serviceReview any firewall rules or network configurations that allow incoming DPS communication (typically on TCP ports 49152-65535 or as configured during DPS setup). Check if the DPS listener port is bound to a network-facing IP rather than localhost only.Affected if The DPS service is listening on a network-accessible IP address and is accessible from untrusted network segments.
A user is affected if they have Microsoft Dynamics GP version 9.0 or earlier installed with the Distributed Process Server component enabled and exposed to network traffic.
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 dataApply the relevant Microsoft patch for Dynamics GP 9.0, or upgrade to a supported version. If no patch is available, consider network-level filtering to restrict DPS traffic to trusted sources.
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