CVE-2006-5701

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Double free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted squashfs filesystem.

Find out more about CVE-2006-5701 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. The squashfs module is not distributed as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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