CVE-2006-5218 Integer overflow in n/a
Local attackers can exploit an integer overflow in systrace to crash the system, gain privileges, or read kernel memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5218?
CVE-2006-5218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 9 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Integer overflow in the systrace_preprepl function (STRIOCREPLACE) in systrace in OpenBSD 3.9 and NetBSD 3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, or read arbitrary kernel memory via large numeric arguments to the systrace ioctl.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5218?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Netbsd Netbsd, Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-5218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx4j-8qgw-52j3.