CVE-2006-5680
The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.60% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- secteam@freebsd.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22801
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.ascExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22801
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.ascExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.