31372 : Linux PowerPC kernel sys_get_robust_list/sys_set_robust_list DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-12-21

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-5648" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-5648 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21582
Secunia Advisory ID: 23361 23384 23474
SCIP VulDB ID: 2753
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0009.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-14 | Disagree?

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