CVE-2006-6056
Oracle Linux SELinux Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 22, 2006, 1:07 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:21 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-14-11-2006.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22887 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24777 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30278 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9949 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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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:9949 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9949 [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/30278 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30278 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6056 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-2006-6056
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.25 }} 0.07%
score
0.64817
percentile