Unscored CVE-2006-4172 EUVD-2006-4162GHSA-rh6p-qrx3-h6jw

Integer overflow vulnerability in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to ca…

Published Sep 26, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4178.

References

freebsd-i386setldt-overflow(29132) vdb-entry
20060925 iDefense Security Advisory 09.23.06: FreeBSD i386_set_ldt Integer Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
1016926 vdb-entry
22064 third-party-advisory
20158 vdb-entry
1016928 vdb-entry
20060923 FreeBSD i386_set_ldt Integer Overflow Vulnerability third-party-advisory
20060923 [RISE-2006002] FreeBSD 5.x kernel i386_set_ldt() integer overflow vulnerability mailing-list