CVE-2006-5836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00315.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Opendarwin Subscribe	Darwin Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:opendarwin:darwin_kernel:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5820	The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://www.osvdb.org/30216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-10T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.569Z

Reserved: 2006-11-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5836

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-10T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5836

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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