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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1860

Original release date:05/12/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

lease_init in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (fcntl_setlease lockup) via actions that cause lease_init to free a lock that might not have been allocated on the stack.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:2.1 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: BID
Name: 17943
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17943
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20083
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20083
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1767
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.16
Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.16
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7;hp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34;hb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618;f=fs/locks.c
Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7;hp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34;hb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618;f=fs/locks.c
External Source: XF
Name: linux-locks-lease-init-dos(26437)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26437
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-302-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2006-0028
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25425
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25425
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:042
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:123
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21179
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21045
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20716
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1860