CVE-2006-6057

medium

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30307

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

http://secunia.com/advisories/22886

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-22

Updated: 2024-11-21

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

Severity: Medium