CVE-2006-6653

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6653
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-20 02:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe accept function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029 allows local users to cause a denial of service (socket consumption) via an invalid (1) name or (2) namelen parameter, which may result in the socket never being closed (aka "a dangling socket").

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd current All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.NetBSD.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
NetBSD Kernel Bugs Let Local Users Consume Sockets or Cause a Kernel Panic - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
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