CVE-2006-4342

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618	Exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984	US Government Resource
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2006-10-17 10:07

Updated : 2017-10-10 18:31

NVD link : CVE-2006-4342

Mitre link : CVE-2006-4342

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

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