Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-6058
The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1929
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27703 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28141 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28706 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27528 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26379 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)