CVE-2006-4342

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Downstream
RHSA-2006:0710
Modified
Published: 17 Oct 2006, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 19:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.16% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Oct 2006, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 19:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 37%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-667•Improper Locking

    The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

Affected Systems

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    3.0

References (7)