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CVE-2006-4172 Details

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4178.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0376.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22064	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016926	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016928	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29132	CVE
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=414	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446945/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0376.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22064	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016926	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016928	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29132	[email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=414	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446945/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freebsd freebsd	<= 5.5 5.2 5.2.1 5.3 5.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 27, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]