CVE-2006-5648 (GCVE-0-2006-5648)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-14 00:00
Modified
2025-04-03 15:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23361
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23384
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23474
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21582
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21582
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1Patch
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