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CVE-2006-0457

7.1
Critical

CVE-2006-0457

secalert@redhat.com
Deferred

Description

Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.

Exploits

No known exploits found for this CVE.

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References

secalert@redhat.com
http://www.osvdb.org/23894
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http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
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http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
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http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/23894
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/