CVE-2006-4178

Published: Sep 26, 2006Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Up to 5.5
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 5.2.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 5.2
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 5.3
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 5.4

References (10)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22064

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016927

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=415

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446946/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22064

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016927

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=415

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446946/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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