CVE-2006-5680 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE versions between 2006-09-05 and 2006-11-08. A specially crafted, malformed archive can cause libarchive to enter an infinite loop, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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