PT-2006-6355 · Canonical · Ubuntu

Fabio Massimo Di Nitto · Published 2006-12-14 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2006-5648

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC)

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming system resources. This is achieved by utilizing the sys get robust list and sys set robust list functions to create processes that cannot be terminated.

Recommendations: For Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC), as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the sys get robust list and sys set robust list functions until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5648

Affected Products

Ubuntu

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5648 · Security Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117591 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21582 · Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 · Note