PT-2006-7255 · Netbsd · Netbsd

Published 2006-12-20 · Updated 2011-07-25 · CVE-2006-6653

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.7

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetBSD versions prior to 20061023 NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 versions prior to 20061024 NetBSD 2.x versions prior to 20061029

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service via an invalid name or namelen parameter, resulting in a socket never being closed, also known as a "dangling socket".

Recommendations For NetBSD versions prior to 20061023, update to a version after 20061023. For NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 versions prior to 20061024, update to a version after 20061024. For NetBSD 2.x versions prior to 20061029, update to a version after 20061029.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6653

Affected Products

Netbsd

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6653 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293 · Patch