Use after free in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-4997
Published: August 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95227
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4997
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).
How to mitigate CVE-2006-4997
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22762
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23395
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017526
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0012.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24288
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3999
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29387
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10388
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe26109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2