Buffer overflow in the realpath function in nfs-server rpc.mountd, as used in SUSE Linux 9.1 through 10.0, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving mount requests and symlinks
Published Jan 31, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Buffer overflow in the realpath function in nfs-server rpc.mountd, as used in SUSE Linux 9.1 through 10.0, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving mount requests and symlinks.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.2
- 9.2
- 9.3
- 9.3
- 9.3
- 10.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00503) | 40.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00492) | 38.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00133) | 30.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350020 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18614 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18638 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18889 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-975 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16388 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0348 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0043 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24347 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0043
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0043
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350020 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0007.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18614 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18638 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18889 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-975 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16388 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0348 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0043 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24347 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0043 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0043 |
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