CVE-2006-5218

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Published Oct 9, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Integer overflow in the systrace_preprepl function (STRIOCREPLACE) in systrace in OpenBSD 3.9 and NetBSD 3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, or read arbitrary kernel memory via large numeric arguments to the systrace ioctl.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.9:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5203	Integer overflow in the systrace_preprepl function (STRIOCREPLACE) in systrace in OpenBSD 3.9 and NetBSD 3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, or read arbitrary kernel memory via large numeric arguments to the systrace ioctl.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.412% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openbsd.org/errata.html#systrace
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22324
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017009
http://www.osvdb.org/29570
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20392
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29392

History

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 9, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM
Reserved: Oct 9, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2006, 4:06 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

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