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 v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-10-17 17:07

Updated : 2024-02-15 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2006-4342

Mitre link : CVE-2006-4342

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-4342

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

CWE

CWE-667

Improper Locking

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