SB2006011101 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: January 11, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006011101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-0035)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18482
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202