CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4623

Published: Sep 11, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.17.8 (including)2.6.17.8 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*

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