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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-0038 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the do_replace function in netfilter for Linux before 2.6.16-rc3, when using "virtualization solutions" such as OpenVZ, allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN rights to cause a buffer overflow in the copy_from_user function.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Solution

Linux kernel version 2.6.16 has been released to address this issue.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19330 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee4bb818ae35f68d1f848eae0a7b150a38eb4168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17178 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1046 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=186295 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25400 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10945 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0038
NVD Published Date:
03/22/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.