VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-4342

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-667
Affected: redhat/enterprise linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22497Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htmThird Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.htmlBroken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htmThird Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.htmlBroken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649Broken Link

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.