CVE-2006-5757

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by LMH · textdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28912

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (23)

[Various Sources] http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html

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

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22702

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22746

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20920

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30029

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

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

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10111

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23593

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23752

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

... and 3 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0068

EPSS Percentile 71.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-17

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Nov 06, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026