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CVE-2006-4538

Date: September 5, 2006

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

Url: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670

Url: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27913

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21999

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19702

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23395

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-4538

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23370

Url: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11

Url: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4538

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21967

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-4538

Severity Score

6.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2006-4538

Date: September 5, 2006

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