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CVE-2006-5680

UnknownEPSS 1.59%

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CVE-2006-5680 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
1.59%

72.5th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
FreebsdFreebsd6Stable

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Timeline

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Status
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2006-5680?
The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.
How severe is CVE-2006-5680?
Severity scoring for CVE-2006-5680 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 1.59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5680?
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Source: NVD / NIST