4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-5648

Published: 14/12/2006 Updated: 05/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.1
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Vendor Advisories

Mark Dowd discovered that the netfilter iptables module did not correcly handle fragmented packets By sending specially crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to bypass firewall rules This has only be fixed for Ubuntu 610; the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 510 and 606 will follow soon (CVE-2006-4572) ...