CVE-2006-3678
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-254
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3673)
- Published
- July 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3673 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 3com / tippingpoint ips tos
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21154
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1286
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016562
- http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-06-003.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440944/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19125
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2956
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27934
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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