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CVE-2006-6058 Detail

Description

The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24 CVE, MITRE
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23034 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26379 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27528 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27614 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28654 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4613 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1929 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6058
NVD Published Date:
11/21/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE