CVE-2006-5701

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5701
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-03 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted squashfs filesystem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test10 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test11 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test8 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test9 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.19 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6_test9_cvs All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora Core squashfs Local Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-395-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Linux Kernel Various Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux Kernel SquashFS Double Free Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Month of Kernel Bugs (MoKB): Linux 2.6.x squashfs double free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.info-pull.com Exploit
Ubuntu update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Joshua BressersNot Vulnerable. The squashfs module is not distributed as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591311 Bosch Rexroth PRA-ES8P2S Ethernet-Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (BOSCH-SA-247053-BT)
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