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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-09 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- freebsd
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 42502dfad864f588520d5bd8a18f43635a16f0a86d7681d25721038d90f6abf4
05 Affected products
06 References
- securitytracker.com1017199http://securitytracker.com/id?1017199
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfreebsd-libarchive-file-dos(30137)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30137
- secunia.com22801http://secunia.com/advisories/22801
- secunia.com22723http://secunia.com/advisories/22723
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-06:24http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:24.libarchive.asc
- www.securityfocus.com20961http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20961
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libarchive Fixed in 1.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libarchive Fixed in 1.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libarchive Fixed in 1.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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