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TI-2006-06145 Aliases CVE-2006-6397GHSA-4326-4xh9-qrjh

Integer overflow in banner/banner.c in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD might allow local…

Priority LOW 20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0028 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2 stableVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4VulnerableNetBSD
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableOpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 stable Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·NetBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·OpenBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6397
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4326-4xh9-qrjh

References

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Sources

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