CVE-2006-6397 describes an integer overflow in the banner utility within FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, potentially allowing local users to modify memory through a long banner. The CVSS score of 4.4 indicates a low-severity issue, with a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite the technical description, this issue is widely disputed as a vulnerability by CVE and other parties, primarily because the banner utility is not setuid, preventing privilege escalation in normal operations. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.