Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4535 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.17.10/2.6.17.11/2.6.18
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The Linux kernel 2.6.17.10 and 2.6.17.11 and 2.6.18-rc5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value, possibly related to the patch for CVE-2006-3745. NOTE: older kernel versions for specific Linux distributions are also affected, due to backporting of the CVE-2006-3745 patch.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1183.NASL description Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4798 A buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling allows a malicious remote server to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2935 Diego Calleja Garcia discovered a buffer overflow in the DVD handling code that could be exploited by a specially crafted DVD USB storage device to execute arbitrary code. - CVE-2006-1528 A bug in the SCSI driver allows a local user to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2444 Patrick McHardy discovered a bug in the SNMP NAT helper that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2446 A race condition in the socket buffer handling allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-3745 Wei Wang discovered a bug in the SCTP implementation that allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain root privileges. - CVE-2006-4535 David Miller reported a problem with the fix for CVE-2006-3745 that allows local users to crash the system via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value. The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problem mentioned above : stable (sarge) Source 2.4.27-10sarge4 Alpha architecture 2.4.27-10sarge4 ARM architecture 2.4.27-2sarge4 Intel IA-32 architecture 2.4.27-10sarge4 Intel IA-64 architecture 2.4.27-10sarge4 Motorola 680x0 architecture 2.4.27-3sarge4 MIPS architectures 2.4.27-10.sarge4.040815-1 PowerPC architecture 2.4.27-10sarge4 IBM S/390 2.4.27-2sarge4 Sun Sparc architecture 2.4.27-9sarge4 FAI 1.9.1sarge4 mindi-kernel 2.4.27-2sarge3 kernel-image-speakup-i386 2.4.27-1.1sarge3 systemimager 3.2.3-6sarge3 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22725 published 2006-10-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22725 title Debian DSA-1183-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-182.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Stephane Eranian discovered an issue with permon2.0 where, under certain circumstances, the perfmonctl() system call may not correctly manage the file descriptor reference count, resulting in the system possibly running out of file structure (CVE-2006-3741). Prior to and including 2.6.17, the Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver allowed local users to cause a DoS (hang and crash) via certain operations involving truncated files (CVE-2006-4145). Various versions of the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a DoS (crash) via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value, which is possibly related to the patch used to correct CVE-2006-3745 (CVE-2006-4535). The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in the dvb driver allows remote attackers to cause a DoS (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet (CVE-2006-4623). The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately and reboot to effect the fixes. In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included such as : - added support for new devices: o NetXtreme BCM5715 gigabit ethernet o NetXtreme II BCM5708 gigabit ethernet - enabled the CISS driver for Xen kernels - updated ich8 support in ata_piix - enabled support for 1078 type controller in megaraid_sas - multiple fixes for RSBAC support To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24567 published 2007-02-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24567 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:182) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1184.NASL description This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security update for the Linux 2.6.8 kernel that were missing due to technical problems. For reference, please see the text of the original advisory. Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-2660 Toshihiro Iwamoto discovered a memory leak in the handling of direct I/O writes that allows local users to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2005-4798 A buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling allows a malicious remote server to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-1052 Stephen Smalley discovered a bug in the SELinux ptrace handling that allows local users with ptrace permissions to change the tracer SID to the SID of another process. - CVE-2006-1343 Pavel Kankovsky discovered an information leak in the getsockopt system call which can be exploited by a local program to leak potentially sensitive memory to userspace. - CVE-2006-1528 Douglas Gilbert reported a bug in the sg driver that allows local users to cause a denial of service by performing direct I/O transfers from the sg driver to memory mapped I/O space. - CVE-2006-1855 Mattia Belletti noticed that certain debugging code left in the process management code could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-1856 Kostik Belousov discovered a missing LSM file_permission check in the readv and writev functions which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. - CVE-2006-2444 Patrick McHardy discovered a bug in the SNMP NAT helper that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2446 A race condition in the socket buffer handling allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2935 Diego Calleja Garcia discovered a buffer overflow in the DVD handling code that could be exploited by a specially crafted DVD USB storage device to execute arbitrary code. - CVE-2006-2936 A bug in the serial USB driver has been discovered that could be exploited by a custom made USB serial adapter to consume arbitrary amounts of memory. - CVE-2006-3468 James McKenzie discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the NFS driver. When exporting an ext3 file system over NFS, a remote attacker could exploit this to trigger a file system panic by sending a specially crafted UDP packet. - CVE-2006-3745 Wei Wang discovered a bug in the SCTP implementation that allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain root privileges. - CVE-2006-4093 Olof Johansson discovered that the kernel does not disable the HID0 bit on PowerPC 970 processors which could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-4145 A bug in the Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver could be exploited by a local user to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-4535 David Miller reported a problem with the fix for CVE-2006-3745 that allows local users to crash the system via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value. The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problem mentioned above : stable (sarge) Source 2.6.8-16sarge5 Alpha architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 AMD64 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 HP Precision architecture 2.6.8-6sarge5 Intel IA-32 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 Intel IA-64 architecture 2.6.8-14sarge5 Motorola 680x0 architecture 2.6.8-4sarge5 PowerPC architecture 2.6.8-12sarge5 IBM S/390 2.6.8-5sarge5 Sun Sparc architecture 2.6.8-15sarge5 FAI 1.9.1sarge4 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22726 published 2006-10-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22726 title Debian DSA-1184-2 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-347-1.NASL description Sridhar Samudrala discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the handling of SCTP sockets. By opening such a socket with a special SO_LINGER value, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-4535) Kirill Korotaev discovered that the ELF loader on the ia64 and sparc platforms did not sufficiently verify the memory layout. By attempting to execute a specially crafted executable, a local user could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-4538). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27927 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27927 title Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.10/-2.6.12/-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-347-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2006-0617.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : From Red Hat Security Advisory 2006-0617 : * a flaw in the proc file system that allowed a local user to use a suid-wrapper for scripts to gain root privileges (CVE-2006-3626, Important) * a flaw in the SCTP implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) or to possibly gain root privileges (CVE-2006-3745, Important) * a flaw in NFS exported ext2/ext3 partitions when handling invalid inodes that allowed a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of service (filesystem panic) (CVE-2006-3468, Important) * a flaw in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support of non-hugemem kernels that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-2932, Important) * a flaw in IPv4 netfilter handling for the unlikely use of SNMP NAT processing that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) or potential memory corruption (CVE-2006-2444, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVD handling of the CDROM driver that could be used together with a custom built USB device to gain root privileges (CVE-2006-2935, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of O_DIRECT writes that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2004-2660, Low) * a flaw in the SCTP chunk length handling that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-1858, Low) * a flaw in the input handling of the ftdi_sio driver that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2006-2936, Low) In addition a bugfix was added to enable a clean reboot for the IBM Pizzaro machines. Red Hat would like to thank Wei Wang of McAfee Avert Labs and Kirill Korotaev for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. From Red Hat Security Advisory ELSA-2006-0689 : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67401 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67401 title Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2006-0617 / ELSA-2006-0689) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2006-0689.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22513 published 2006-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22513 title CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0689) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2006-0689.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22523 published 2006-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22523 title RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0689)
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| description | The Linux kernel 2.6.17.10 and 2.6.17.11 and 2.6.18-rc5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value, possibly related to the patch for CVE-2006-3745. NOTE: older kernel versions for specific Linux distributions are also affected, due to backporting of the CVE-2006-3745 patch. | ||||||||||||
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| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10530 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| title | The Linux kernel 2.6.17.10 and 2.6.17.11 and 2.6.18-rc5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value, possibly related to the patch for CVE-2006-3745. NOTE: older kernel versions for specific Linux distributions are also affected, due to backporting of the CVE-2006-3745 patch. | ||||||||||||
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References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20087
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21945
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21967
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29011
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10530
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg02314.html