SB2006052401 - Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel
Published: May 24, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006052401
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 exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1862)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://osvdb.org/31663
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189031
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189260
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9390