NVD - CVE-2006-3741

CVE-2006-3741 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The perfmonctl system call (sys_perfmonctl) in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6 before 2.6.18, when running on Itanium systems, does not properly track the reference count for file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption).

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 10/10/2006

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

Evaluator Solution

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Linux, Linux kernel, 2.6.18

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360	Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6	Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250

Technical Details

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Other (NVD-CWE-Other)

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3741
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018

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CVE-2006-3741 Detail

Description

Impact

Evaluator Solution

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

References to Check Content

Technical Details

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

CPE Deprecation Remap - 10/30/2018 12:26:20 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 10/10/2017 9:31:06 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 7/19/2017 9:32:32 PM

Initial CVE Analysis - 10/10/2006 9:18:00 AM

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