CVE-2006-4538 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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
CVSS detail	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-SA:2006:079, published Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:10:56 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:48 2025