CVE-2006-5680

N/A Unknown
Published: November 09, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22723
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22801
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22723
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freebsd