Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-0557 First vendor Publication 2006-03-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0557

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9674
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9674
Title: sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Description: sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0557
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 709

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1103-1 (kernel-source-2.6.8)
File : nvt/deb_1103_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
23895 Linux Kernel get_nodes() Function Crafted Value Local DoS

The Linux kernel contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when the 'get_nodes' function is called with a 'maxnodes' argument between ((-2 * (BITS_PER_LONG - 1) and 0, and will result in loss of availability for the platform.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-281-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-03-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-059.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=comm...
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=comm...
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
http://www.osvdb.org/23895
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/
Source Url
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...

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