CVE-2006-4342

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984 third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649 vdb entry signature broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618 issue tracking exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 third party advisory broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4342?
CVE-2006-4342 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4342?
To fix CVE-2006-4342, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4342 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4342 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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