Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-3741 First vendor Publication 2006-10-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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

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).

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3741

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250
Title: 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).
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).
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-3741
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 285

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles9p5012650.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1233-1 (kernel-source-2.6.8)
File : nvt/deb_1233_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
29538 Linux Kernel sys_perfmonctl() File Descriptor Consumption Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-debug-2393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-bigsmp-2399.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-2397.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1304.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-182.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0689.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0689.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=comm...
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
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
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.ova...
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