4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.8%
The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.14 |
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.15 |
secunia.com/advisories/18482
securityreason.com/securityalert/388
www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202