National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0555

Overview

The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NFS client panic) via unknown attack vectors related to the use of O_DIRECT (direct I/O).

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: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-0804

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0804

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9932

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9932

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.5

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.5

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-odirect-dos(25000)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25000

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-263-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-263-1

External Source: BID

Name: 16922

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16922

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0493

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2006-131

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-March/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:028

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:059

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1103

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

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21745

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20914

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20398

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20398

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20237

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20237

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19220

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19220

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19108

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19108

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19083

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19083

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9932

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9932