Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-5749
Published: December 31, 2006 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99892
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-2006-5749
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.
The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.34-rc4 does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-5749
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.34
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23529
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0002/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23609
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21883
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/wtarreau/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=05dca9b77f99d80cf615075624666106d5b61727