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CVE-2006-0056

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0056 describes a double free vulnerability in PAM-MySQL versions 0.6.x before 0.6.2 and 0.7.x before 0.7pre3. This flaw, occurring in specific multi-PAM module configurations where PAM-MySQL is not evaluated first, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through crafted passwords. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam-mysql:pam-mysql:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam-mysql:pam-mysql:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam-mysql:pam-mysql:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam-mysql:pam-mysql:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam-mysql:pam-mysql:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0632 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jvn.jp / cert/JVNVU%23693909/index.html
secunia.com / advisories/18598
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20690
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
sourceforge.net / forum/forum.php
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-18.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/693909
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 22994
osvdb.org / 22995
securityfocus.com / bid/16564
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0490