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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4178

CVE-2006-4178

Description

Integer signedness error in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified arguments that use negative signed integers to cause the bzero function to be called with a large length parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4172.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.5
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=5.5

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