CVE-2006-3468

CVE Details

Release Date:	2006-07-21
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x, when using both NFS and EXT3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file system panic) via a crafted UDP packet with a V2 lookup procedure that specifies a bad file handle (inode number), which triggers an error and causes an exported directory to be remounted read-only.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30