CVE-2006-6656 is an unspecified vulnerability in the ptrace function of NetBSD-current before 20061027, and NetBSD 2.x and 3.x before specific dates. This flaw allows local users to read kernel memory and obtain sensitive information through specific manipulations of a PT_LWPINFO request, leading to a memory and information leak. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it is a low-severity local vulnerability with no authentication required, resulting in partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.