CVE-2006-5680

Public Exploit

Description

The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.76% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory freebsd.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22801	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22723	third party advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc	vendor advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5680?: CVE-2006-5680 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5680?: To fix CVE-2006-5680, 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-2006-5680 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5680 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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