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 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.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
10/17/2006
Impact
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.0 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
1.9
Access Vector (AV):
Local
Access Complexity (AC):
High
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service
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Change History
2 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
10/10/2017 9:31:12 PM
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Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649 [No Types Assigned] |
| Removed |
Reference |
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9649 [No Types Assigned] |
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Initial CVE Analysis -
10/17/2006 3:42:00 PM