CVE-2006-1797

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1797
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-18 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS: 0.003900000 probability, percentile 0.313860000 (date 2026-07-21)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 beta All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetBSD SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl Error Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2006-q2/0014.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
NetBSD SIOCGIFALIAS IOCTL Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NetBSD SIOCGIFALIAS "ioctl()" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/24578 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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