CVE-2006-4178 EXPLOIT
4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 55)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer signedness error in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified arguments that use negative signed integers to cause the bzero function to be called with a large length parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4172.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.79% — more likely to be exploited than 55% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-09-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 5.x - 'I386_Set_LDT()' Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | 2006-09-23 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22064
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016927
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446946/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22064
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016927
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446946/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158
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