CVE-2006-5871 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5871?

CVE-2006-5871 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Dec 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

smbfs in Linux kernel 2.6.8 and other versions, and 2.4.x before 2.4.34, when UNIX extensions are enabled, ignores certain mount options, which could cause clients to use server-specified uid, gid and mode settings.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5871?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5871?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-5871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7j8p-hgrp-7v7q.