Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-0306

Title: Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-0306

CWE Category CWE-399

Published Date Jan 19, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

12.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-0306: The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop Protection Suite r2, CA Server Protection Suite r2, and CA Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application hang) via a large network packet, which causes a WSAEMESGSIZE error code that is not handled, leading to a thread exit.

Impacted Vendors

broadcom 6

ca 2

computer_associates 2

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/18531 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015504 http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/dmdeploysecurity_notice.asp http://www.designfolks.com.au/karma/DMPrimer/ http://www.osvdb.org/22529 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422381/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16276 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0236 http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33756 http://secunia.com/advisories/18531 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015504 http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/dmdeploysecurity_notice.asp http://www.designfolks.com.au/karma/DMPrimer/ http://www.osvdb.org/22529 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422381/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16276 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0236 http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33756

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-0306 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27101

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 19, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.