CVE-2006-3741
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
37.4%
The perfmonctl system call (sys_perfmonctl) in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6 before 2.6.18, when running on Itanium systems, does not properly track the reference count for file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption).
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360
secunia.com/advisories/22279
secunia.com/advisories/22292
secunia.com/advisories/22382
secunia.com/advisories/22945
secunia.com/advisories/23370
secunia.com/advisories/23474
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361
www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
Related
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
37.4%