PT-2006-5740 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Marcel Holtmann · Published 2006-10-05 · Updated 2024-02-10 · CVE-2006-4997

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue 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, resulting in a freed pointer dereference. This occurs in the clip mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4997

DSA-1233

DSA-1237

RHSA-2006:0689

RHSA-2006:0710

RHSA-2006_0689

RHSA-2007:0012

RHSA-2007:0013

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 144

• 🔥 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00976 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4997 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00963 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00916 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00928 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00948 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00967 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00983 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00958 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00964 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00969 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 · Vendor Advisory