CVE-2006-5680

Published: Nov 9, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 6 stable

References (12)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22723

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22801

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22723

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/22801

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

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc

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

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137

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

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