CVE-2006-4997

Public Exploit

Description

The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 30.00% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265 issue tracking exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20363 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22253 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0012.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279 broken link third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23788 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 broken link third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html broken link patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017526 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 third party advisory broken link
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe26109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 third party advisory broken link
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22762 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24288 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 third party advisory broken link
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 third party advisory broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3999 vdb entry broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10388 vdb entry signature broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937 vdb entry broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29387 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4997?
CVE-2006-4997 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4997?
To fix CVE-2006-4997, 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-2006-4997 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4997 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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