CVE-2006-4538 (GCVE-0-2006-4538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-05 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.
References
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21967 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/21999 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19702 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
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  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.