CVE-2006-5679

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5679
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-03 22:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MOAB advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freebsd.org
APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 Mac OS X v10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-072A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mac OS X Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges and Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Month of Kernel Bugs (MoKB): FreeBSD 6.1 UFS filesystem ffs_mountfs() integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.info-pull.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#552136 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FreeBSD UFS Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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