CVE-2006-4538
Oracle Linux ELF Denial of Service
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 5, 2006, 7:04 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2006-4538 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11 Added Reference http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21967 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21999 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm Added Reference http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19702 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1 Added Reference http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 Added Reference http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git;a=commit;h=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:final:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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:10301 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4538 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-2006-4538
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} 0.06%
score
0.55976
percentile