CVE-2006-5823

Upstream information

CVE-2006-5823 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 218237 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2006:079, published Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:16:46 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 10 15:10:06 2024