National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5836

Overview

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.

Impact

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-072A

Name: TA07-072A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 20982

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-fpathconf-dos(30152)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30152

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017751

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30216

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30216

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0930

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4448

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4448

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24479

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22808

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22808

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-03-13

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214