CVE-2006-6013

Published: Nov 21, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

2.1LOW

NVD MITRE

Description

Integer signedness error in the fw_ioctl (FW_IOCTL) function in the FireWire (IEEE-1394) drivers (dev/firewire/fwdev.c) in various BSD kernels, including DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD 5.5, MidnightBSD 0.1-CURRENT before 20061115, NetBSD-current before 20061116, NetBSD-4 before 20061203, and TrustedBSD, allows local users to read arbitrary memory contents via certain negative values of crom_buf->len in an FW_GCROM command. NOTE: this issue has been labeled as an integer overflow, but it is more like an integer signedness error.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

dragonflybsd

oss-project

dragonflybsdOn-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

freebsd

oss-project·US

freebsdOn-premOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

midnightbsd

oss-project

midnightbsdOn-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

netbsd

oss-project·US

netbsdOn-premOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

trustedbsd

oss-project

trustedbsdOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451861/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017344

securitytracker.com

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0261.html

archives.neohapsis.com

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