CVE-2006-5871

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

smbfs in Linux kernel 2.6.8 and other versions, and 2.4.x before 2.4.34, when UNIX extensions are enabled, ignores certain mount options, which could cause clients to use server-specified uid, gid and mode settings.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.33, 2.6.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21523
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10171
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395

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