CVE-2006-0039

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CVE-2006-0039

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CVE-2006-0039 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way that produces a size value that is inconsistent with allocated memory, which leads to a buffer over-read in IPT_ENTRY_ITERATE.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.7
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 176282 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:17:06 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:32 2022