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CVE-2006-5751 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the get_fdb_entries function in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.18.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large maxnum value in an ioctl request.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/12/2006)

This flaw does not affect the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. This flaw affects the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. We are tracking this flaw via bug 216452: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216452

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-29-11-2006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23252 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24547 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=4c61a7e0a86e1ae9e16867f9f8e4b0412b8edbaf%3Bhp=4e4119a1213925568b8a1acdef9bf52b98b19da3%3Bhb=ba8379b220509e9448c00a77cf6c15ac2a559cc7%3Bf=net/bridge/br_ioctl.c CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba8379b220509e9448c00a77cf6c15ac2a559cc7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453681/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21353 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4781 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30588 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-803 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-837 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10151 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5751
NVD Published Date:
12/01/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.