CVE-2006-5823
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
47.1%
The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.
References
projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-07-11-2006.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html
secunia.com/advisories/22767
secunia.com/advisories/23474
secunia.com/advisories/23997
secunia.com/advisories/24098
secunia.com/advisories/24206
secunia.com/advisories/24259
secunia.com/advisories/24482
secunia.com/advisories/25630
secunia.com/advisories/25691
secunia.com/advisories/29058
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10588
Related
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
47.1%