Description
Integer overflow in the ffs_rdextattr function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted UFS filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5679. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.
Published: 2006-11-09
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5808 Integer overflow in the ffs_rdextattr function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted UFS filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5679. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.634Z

Reserved: 2006-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5824

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-09T11:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5824

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