Upstream information

CVE-2006-4538 at MITRE

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 203822 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:10:56 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:17:42 2023