CVE-2006-4145

Description

The Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver in Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang and crash) via certain operations involving truncated files, as demonstrated via the dd command.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21934 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21695 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10796 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/31685 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/6
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3308 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1 vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611
http://secunia.com/advisories/21515 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444887/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19562 vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21711 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31229 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4145?
CVE-2006-4145 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4145?
To fix CVE-2006-4145, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4145 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-4145 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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