CVE-2006-4997
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Use-after-free
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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).
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/22279 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22279Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22253Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265Exploit