CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.11 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function aio_setup_ring
. 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:
The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.
The bug was discovered 12/07/2004. The weakness was published 01/30/2007 with Mandriva (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5754 since 11/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 784 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36838 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0014)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115509 (Red Hat Kernel Security Update (RHSA-2007:0014)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (36838). Similar entries are available at 2551, 2589, 2647 and 2661.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 36838
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0014)
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OpenVAS ID: 58357
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1304-1 (kernel-source-2.6.8)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/07/2004 🔍03/02/2005 🔍
11/06/2006 🔍
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01/30/2007 🔍
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04/23/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Mandriva
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-5754 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 14198 - Linux Kernel aio_setuo_ring Function Local DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 22193 - Linux Kernel AIO_Setup_Ring Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23997 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 33029 - CVE-2006-5754 - Linux - Denial of Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/13/2015 10:40Updated: 07/14/2019 11:38
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (72), 07/14/2019 11:38 (15)
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