Vulnerability in NetBSD
CVE-2006-0145
The kernfs_xread function in kernfs in NetBSD 1.6 through 2.1, and OpenBSD 3.8, does not properly validate file offsets against negative 32-bit values that occur as a result of truncation, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via the lseek system call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- NetBSD — versions 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18712 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitylab.net/research/2006/02/advisory_netbsd_openbsd_kernfs.html (Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/405 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16173 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18388 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/22293 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24035 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423827/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)