PT-2006-5953 · Netbsd+1 · Netbsd+1

Chris Evans · Published 2006-10-09 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-5218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD version 3.9 NetBSD version 3

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the systrace preprepl function, specifically with the STRIOCREPLACE ioctl. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, potentially gain privileges, or read arbitrary kernel memory by providing large numeric arguments to the systrace ioctl.

Recommendations For OpenBSD version 3.9, update to a version that includes a fix for the integer overflow in the systrace preprepl function. For NetBSD version 3, update to a version that includes a fix for the integer overflow in the systrace preprepl function.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5218

Affected Products

Netbsd

Openbsd

References · 8

• 🔥 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-003.html · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22324 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5218 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20392 · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017009 · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/29570 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29392 · Note
• http://openbsd.org/errata.html#systrace · Patch, Vendor Advisory