CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.
The bug was discovered 05/22/2006. The weakness was disclosed 08/15/2006 with Red Hat as Bug 192779 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2446 since 05/18/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 665 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22276 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0575)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (22276). The entries 2071, 27880, 30335 and 30129 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 22276
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0575)
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OpenVAS ID: 57407
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1183-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/19/2004 🔍05/18/2006 🔍
05/22/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 192779
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2446 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 12534 - Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Remote Denial of Service due to Race Condition, High
SecurityFocus: 19475 - Linux Kernel Unspecified Socket Buffer Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21465 - Red Hat update for kernel, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 28551 - CVE-2006-2446 - Linux - Denial of Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 06/24/2019 11:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (77), 06/24/2019 11:39 (9)
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