Release Date: | 2006-10-10 |
The perfmonctl system call (sys_perfmonctl) in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6 before 2.6.18, when running on Itanium systems, does not properly track the reference count for file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption).
See more information about CVE-2006-3741 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.9 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel) | ELSA-2006-0689 | 2006-11-30 |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL) | ELSA-2006-0689 | 2006-11-30 |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL) | ELSA-2006-0689 | 2006-11-30 |
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