CVE-2006-2446

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2446
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-15 22:04:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ASA-2006-200 (RHSA-2006-0575) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1183-1 kernel-source-2.4.27 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Linux Kernel Unspecified Socket Buffer Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch
192779 – CVE-2006-2446 LTC20512-kernel BUG in __kfree_skb while running TCP+Kernel stress MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1184-2 kernel-source-2.6.8 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.27 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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