What is the severity of CVE-2006-4178?

CVE-2006-4178 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4178?

To fix CVE-2006-4178, it is recommended to update FreeBSD to version 5.5 or later, which addresses this issue.

Who is affected by CVE-2006-4178?

CVE-2006-4178 affects local users of FreeBSD versions from 5.2 up to 5.5, including 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5.

What does CVE-2006-4178 exploit?

CVE-2006-4178 exploits an integer signedness error in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD.

What impact does CVE-2006-4178 have on FreeBSD systems?

The impact of CVE-2006-4178 on FreeBSD systems is a potential crash leading to a denial of service.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2006-4178

medium

4.9

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

26/9/2006

7/8/2024

CVE-2006-4178

First published: Tue Sep 26 2006(Updated: )

Integer signedness error 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) via unspecified arguments that use negative signed integers to cause the bzero function to be called with a large length parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4172.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
FreeBSD Kernel	=5.2.1
FreeBSD Kernel	=5.4
FreeBSD Kernel	=5.3
FreeBSD Kernel	=5.2
FreeBSD Kernel	<=5.5

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4178?
CVE-2006-4178 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4178?
To fix CVE-2006-4178, it is recommended to update FreeBSD to version 5.5 or later, which addresses this issue.
Who is affected by CVE-2006-4178?
CVE-2006-4178 affects local users of FreeBSD versions from 5.2 up to 5.5, including 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5.
What does CVE-2006-4178 exploit?
CVE-2006-4178 exploits an integer signedness error in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD.
What impact does CVE-2006-4178 have on FreeBSD systems?
The impact of CVE-2006-4178 on FreeBSD systems is a potential crash leading to a denial of service.

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