5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-4342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel IPC Identification Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 17, 2006, 5:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4342 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-4342 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm No Types Assigned http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618 Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618 Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-667
  • 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:9649 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4342 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4342 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.00313

percentile

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