CVE-2006-1862

medium

Description

The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9390

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189260

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

http://secunia.com/advisories/20237

http://osvdb.org/31663

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-24

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H