CVE-2006-5482 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 24 Oct 2006 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in FreeBSD by calling ftruncate on specific file types.

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-2006-5482?

CVE-2006-5482 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 24 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ufs_vnops.c in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service by calling the ftruncate function on a file type that is not VREG, VLNK or VDIR, which is not defined in POSIX.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5482?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-5482 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5482 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6p2-5w7g-h9qq.