CVE-2006-6397
N/A
Published: December 8, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFreeBSDOpenBSDNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Integer overflow in banner/banner.c in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD might allow local users to modify memory via a long banner. NOTE: CVE and multiple third parties dispute this issue. Since banner is not setuid, an exploit would not cross privilege boundaries in normal operations. This issue is not a vulnerability
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452322/100/200/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452330/100/200/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452374/100/200/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452470/100/200/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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