Denial of Service in FreeBSD and OpenBSD Operating Systems
CVE-2006-5550

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

FreeBSD

Status
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 October 2006

What is CVE-2006-5550?

The kernel in FreeBSD 6.1 and OpenBSD 4.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, which can be triggered by local users leveraging unspecified vectors involving certain ioctl requests to the /dev/crypto interface. This security flaw can disrupt system operations and affect the availability of the affected systems.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20713
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://elegerov.blogspot.com/2006/10/here-is-lame-proof-o...
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22543
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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CVE-2006-5550 : Denial of Service in FreeBSD and OpenBSD Operating Systems