CVE-2006-5823

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2006-11-07
Bugzilla:
1618227: CVE-2006-5823 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.

Find out more about CVE-2006-5823 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The CVE-2006-5823 is about a corrupted cramfs (MOKB-07-11-2006) that can cause a memory corruption and so crash the machine.

For Red Hat Enterpise Linux 3 this issue is tracked via Bugzilla #216960 and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 it is tracked via Bugzilla #216958.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 is not vulnerable to this issue.

This issue has been rated as having low impact, because root privileges or physical access to the machine are needed to mount a corrupted filesystem and crash the machine.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2007:0436 2007-06-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2007:0014 2007-01-30

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