PT-2006-2805 · Netbsd · Netbsd

Published 2006-04-18 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1814

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetBSD versions 1.6 through 3.0

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, specifically memory exhaustion, by utilizing the sysctl system call to lock a large buffer into physical memory.

Recommendations For NetBSD versions 1.6 through 3.0, consider restricting access to the sysctl system call to prevent local users from locking large buffers into physical memory.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1814

Affected Products

Netbsd

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1814 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-013.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19616 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015909 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17498 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25764 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/24579 · Note