CVE-2006-5753
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5737)
- Published
- January 30, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5737 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/3/150
- http://osvdb.org/33020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24429
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22316
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1106
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9371
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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