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CVE-2006-5051 Detail

Description

Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code if GSSAPI authentication is enabled, via unspecified vectors that lead to a double-free.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Impact

Successful code execution exploitation requires that GSSAPI authentication is enabled.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-October/004051.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22183 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22196 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22208 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22236 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22270 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22352 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22362 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22926 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24799 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24805 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06%3A22.openssh.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016940 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.592566 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=681763 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-216.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2007/04/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/36AK-2006-07-FR-1.0_FAST360_OPENSSH.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/43AK-2006-09-FR-1.0_SSL360_OPENSSH.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1189 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1212 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/851340 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:179 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ssh CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes 
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.022-openssh.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/29264 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0698.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20241 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-355-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4018 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4329 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1332 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29254 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11387 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-415 Double Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5051
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.