CVE-2006-5836

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-11-10

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Darwin Kernel (Opendarwin)

References

• 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