CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-1055

Published: Apr 05, 2006 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The fill_write_buffer function in sysfs/file.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 up to versions before 2.6.17-rc1 does not zero terminate a buffer when a length of PAGE_SIZE or more is requested, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an out-of-bounds read.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12 (including) 2.6.12 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12-rc1 (including) 2.6.12-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12-rc4 (including) 2.6.12-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12-rc5 (including) 2.6.12-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.1 (including) 2.6.12.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.2 (including) 2.6.12.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.3 (including) 2.6.12.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.4 (including) 2.6.12.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.5 (including) 2.6.12.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.12.6 (including) 2.6.12.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13 (including) 2.6.13 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13-rc1 (including) 2.6.13-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13-rc4 (including) 2.6.13-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13-rc6 (including) 2.6.13-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13-rc7 (including) 2.6.13-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13.1 (including) 2.6.13.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13.2 (including) 2.6.13.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13.3 (including) 2.6.13.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.13.4 (including) 2.6.13.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14 (including) 2.6.14 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14-rc1 (including) 2.6.14-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14-rc2 (including) 2.6.14-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14-rc3 (including) 2.6.14-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14-rc4 (including) 2.6.14-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14.1 (including) 2.6.14.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14.2 (including) 2.6.14.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14.3 (including) 2.6.14.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14.4 (including) 2.6.14.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.14.5 (including) 2.6.14.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15 (including) 2.6.15 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc1 (including) 2.6.15-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc3 (including) 2.6.15-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc4 (including) 2.6.15-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc5 (including) 2.6.15-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc6 (including) 2.6.15-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15-rc7 (including) 2.6.15-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15.1 (including) 2.6.15.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15.2 (including) 2.6.15.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15.3 (including) 2.6.15.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15.4 (including) 2.6.15.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.15.5 (including) 2.6.15.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc1 (including) 2.6.16-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17 (including) 2.6.17 (including)

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