CVE-2006-5751

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2006-11-29
Bugzilla:
216452: CVE-2006-5751 Linux kernel get_fdb_entries() integer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the get_fdb_entries function in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.18.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large maxnum value in an ioctl request.

Find out more about CVE-2006-5751 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This flaw does not affect the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.

This flaw affects the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. We are tracking this flaw via bug 216452:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216452

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2007:0014 2007-01-30

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