PT-2006-6703 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Lmh · Published 2006-11-22 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2006-6058

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.x before 2.6.24 Linux kernel version 2.6.18

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang, by utilizing a malformed minix file stream. This stream triggers an infinite loop in the minix bmap function, potentially due to an integer overflow or signedness error.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 2.6.x before 2.6.24, consider updating to version 2.6.24 or later to resolve the issue. For Linux kernel version 2.6.18, consider updating to version 2.6.24 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6058

DSA-1436-1

DSA-1504-1

RHSA-2007:0672

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 28

• 🔥 http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/23034 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4613 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27614 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28654 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 · Vendor Advisory