CVE-2006-6060

Description

The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed NTFS file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the __find_get_block_slow function.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.047

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234