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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-5757 Detail

Description

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.


Metrics

 
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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.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22702 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22746 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20920 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4359 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30029 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10111 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-17 DEPRECATED: Code cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5757
NVD Published Date:
11/06/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE