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CVE-2006-1862

Published: May 24, 2006 | Modified: Oct 11, 2017
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
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1862
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.9-2.6.20 (including) 2.6.9-2.6.20 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL *

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