CVE-2006-5679

Description

Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UFS filesystem that causes invalid or large size parameters to be provided to the kmem_alloc function. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.16%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22736 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20918 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-03-11-2006.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/552136 third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5679?
CVE-2006-5679 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5679?
To fix CVE-2006-5679, 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-2006-5679 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-5679 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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