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CVE-2006-0039

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

1 year ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way that produces a size value that is inconsistent with allocated memory, which leads to a buffer over-read in IPT_ENTRY_ITERATE..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.7/10
Exploit Score
1.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
7.8/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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