Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-6057

The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Published 2006-11-22 01:07:00
Updated 2017-07-20 01:34:10
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-6057

Threat overview for CVE-2006-6057

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2006-6057 12,136
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6057

EPSS FAQ
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6057

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
 NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-6057

  • Red Hat 2007-03-14
    Not Vulnerable. The kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 do not contain gfs2 filesystem support. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References for CVE-2006-6057

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