CVE-2006-5701

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Double free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted squashfs filesystem.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3, 2.6.0-test4 (+100)
RedHat Fedora Core: core_5.0

References

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22655
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
http://secunia.com/advisories/24259
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20870
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29967
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22655
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361

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