PT-2006-1126 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2006-01-11 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0035

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions 2.6.14 through 2.6.15

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This occurs when the nlmsg len field is set to 0 in the netlink rcv skb function in af netlink.c.

Recommendations: For Linux kernel versions 2.6.14 through 2.6.15, consider applying a patch to fix the netlink rcv skb function to prevent the infinite loop when the nlmsg len field is 0.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0035

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 8

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0035 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18482 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16414 · Note
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202 · Note
• http://trustix.org/errata/2006/0004 · Patch, Vendor Advisory