CVE-2006-5619

Published Oct 31, 2006

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-399

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and are tracking it via bug 213214 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213214 This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3

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