RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:20918

Info

RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20918
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 03 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 21 2006 07:05PM
Credit: LMH <[email protected]> discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -RELEASE-p10
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -RELEASE
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

FreeBSD is prone to a local integer-overflow vulnerability. This issue affects the UFS filesystem handling code.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a denial-of-service condition and possibly to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, but this has not been confirmed.

FreeBSD 6.1 is vulnerable to this issue.

This BID is being retired because further analysis reveals that this issue is not a security vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

References

RETIRED: FreeBSD UFS Filesystem Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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