Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-6058
Published: November 22, 2006 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95225
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-6058
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-6058
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27703
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4613
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1929