CVE-2006-2446

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CVE-2006-2446

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Upstream information

CVE-2006-2446 at MITRE

Description

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

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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	5.4
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 200537 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:49:21 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:33 2022