Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1855
Published: May 18, 2006 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95583
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1855
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1855
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11235