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CVE-2006-2448

Date: June 23, 2006

Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17, when running on PowerPC, does not perform certain required access_ok checks, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems (signal_64.c) and cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read kernel memory on 32-bit systems (signal_32.c).

Severity Score

6.7

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10040

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20703

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21465

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21498

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2448

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20831

Url: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22417

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194215

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18616

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-2448

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20991

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-2448

Severity Score

6.7

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2006-2448

Date: June 23, 2006

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