CVE-2006-5679

N/A Unknown
Published: November 03, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UFS filesystem that causes invalid or large size parameters to be provided to the kmem_alloc function. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-03-11-2006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22736
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/552136
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20918
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-03-11-2006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22736
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/552136
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20918
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

freebsd

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