CVE-2006-1855
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.5%
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.
Affected configurations
References
secunia.com/advisories/20237
secunia.com/advisories/20716
secunia.com/advisories/21179
secunia.com/advisories/21745
secunia.com/advisories/22093
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11235
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.5%