PT-2006-6198 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Diane Bruce · Published 2006-10-24 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2006-5483

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD version 6.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by setting a scheduler policy, which should only be settable by root.

Recommendations For FreeBSD version 6.1, restrict access to setting scheduler policies to only the root user to prevent unauthorized changes.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5483

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2542 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22413 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5483 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20517 · Note
• http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2006-May/063969.html · Note
• http://freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/posix4/p1003_1b.c.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.24.2.1 · Note