CVE-2006-5757

Public Exploit

Description

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Category

1.2
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20920 vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30029 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4359 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10111 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22746 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22702 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5757?
CVE-2006-5757 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5757?
To fix CVE-2006-5757, 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-2006-5757 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5757 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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