Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-4342 First vendor Publication 2006-10-17
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-15

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4342

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-667 Insufficient Locking

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9649
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9649
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-4342
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30001 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel shmat Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064

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