CVE-2006-5836 (GCVE-0-2006-5836)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-11-10 01:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.
References
cve@mitre.org http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
cve@mitre.org http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.org http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/30216
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
cve@mitre.org http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/30216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152
Impacted products
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