CVE-2006-0557
Linux kernel sys_mbind Memory Sanitization Error
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 12, 2006, 9:02 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 1:58 a.m.
Source :
bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Source Update by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source MITRE Silicon Graphics (SGI) -
CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.osvdb.org/23895 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 Removed Reference MITRE http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355 Removed Reference MITRE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924 Removed Reference MITRE http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.osvdb.org/23895 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html Removed Reference MITRE http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 Removed Reference MITRE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html Removed Reference MITRE http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 Removed Reference MITRE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204 Removed Reference MITRE https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674 Removed Reference MITRE https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-281-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9674 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25204 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 13, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.10 }} 0.00%
score
0.41574
percentile