CVE-2006-5726 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service via memory corruption by mounting crafted UFS filesystems in Solaris 10.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5726?
CVE-2006-5726 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 6 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
alloccgblk in the UFS filesystem in Solaris 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by mounting crafted UFS filesystems with malformed data structures.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5726?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5726?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5726 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-5726 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5726 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx2q-gcvf-c7x4.