CVE-2006-5482 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in FreeBSD 6.1, specifically within the ufs_vnops.c component. An attacker can trigger this by calling the ftruncate function on a file type not defined as VREG, VLNK, or VDIR. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-2541) exists, demonstrating its feasibility.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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