CVE-2006-6173 (GCVE-0-2006-6173)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-11-30 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:19
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Buffer overflow in the shared_region_make_private_np function in vm/vm_unix.c in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a small range count, which causes insufficient memory allocation, or (2) a large number of ranges in the shared_region_make_private_np_args parameter.
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-28-11-2006.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/23120 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349
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/2006/4762
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569
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-28-11-2006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/23120 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349
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/2006/4762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569
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