CVE-2006-5753

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.

References (33)

[Mailing List] http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739

[Mailing List] http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740

[Various Sources] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/3/150

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/33020

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22316

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

[Issue Tracking] https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1106

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9371

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23955

... and 13 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 24.4%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel

redhat/enterprise_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

Timeline

Published Jan 30, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026