CVE-2006-1855
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-05-18 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:27
Severity ?
Summary
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20237
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20716
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/21179
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/21745
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22093
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11235
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