National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0456

Overview

The strnlen_user function in Linux kernel before 2.6.16 on IBM S/390 can return an incorrect value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2554

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01631.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01631.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16-rc6

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16-rc6

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1103

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9909

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9909

External Source: BID

Name: 18687

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18687

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0575

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22417

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22417

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21465

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21465

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20914

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20914

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9909

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9909