LOW
security flaw
Published Nov 6, 2006
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.78%
Description
Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18.1
- 2.6.19
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0014
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0014 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.78% 0.00777
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00777
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 2, 2026 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 54.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 50.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 29, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01402) | 80.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 58.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 27.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22702 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22746 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20920 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4359 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5757 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618226 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30029 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5757
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10111 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5757
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5757
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a