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CVE-2006-5753 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/18/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 is not vulnerable to this issue as it only affects x86_64 architectures. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch at release.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/3/150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/33020 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23955 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24100 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24400 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24429 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24547 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25226 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1106 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9371 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5753
NVD Published Date:
01/30/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.