CVE-2006-6397
Integer overflow in banner/banner.c in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD might allow local users to modify memory via a long banner. NOTE: CVE and multiple third parties dispute this issue. Since banner is not setuid, an exploit would not cross privilege boundaries in normal operations. This issue is not a vulnerability
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freebsd:freebsd
- netbsd:netbsd
- openbsd:openbsd
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452322/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452330/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452374/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452470/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452322/100/200/threaded