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CVE-2006-1797

Published: Apr 18, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1797
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NetbsdNetbsd1.6 (including)1.6 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd1.6-beta (including)1.6-beta (including)
NetbsdNetbsd1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
NetbsdNetbsd3.0 (including)3.0 (including)

References

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