CVE-2006-1862
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-05-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:27
Severity ?
Summary
The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/31663
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20237
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/21745
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189031Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189260
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9390
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