CVE-2006-6013

N/A Unknown
Published: November 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Integer signedness error in the fw_ioctl (FW_IOCTL) function in the FireWire (IEEE-1394) drivers (dev/firewire/fwdev.c) in various BSD kernels, including DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD 5.5, MidnightBSD 0.1-CURRENT before 20061115, NetBSD-current before 20061116, NetBSD-4 before 20061203, and TrustedBSD, allows local users to read arbitrary memory contents via certain negative values of crom_buf->len in an FW_GCROM command. NOTE: this issue has been labeled as an integer overflow, but it is more like an integer signedness error.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0261.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwdev.c
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2006/11/16/0001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2006/12/14/0002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22917
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017344
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/cvsweb/src/sys/bus/firewire/fwdev.c
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kernelhacking.com/bsdadv1.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451629/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451637/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451677/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451698/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451861/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452124/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452264/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452331/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21089
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30347
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0261.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwdev.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2006/11/16/0001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2006/12/14/0002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22917
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017344
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/cvsweb/src/sys/bus/firewire/fwdev.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kernelhacking.com/bsdadv1.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451629/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451637/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451677/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451698/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451861/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452124/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452264/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452331/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21089
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30347
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

38 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

netbsd midnightbsd freebsd trustedbsd dragonflybsd