CVE - CVE-2006-1797

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-1797	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.
References
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BID:17497 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17497 NETBSD:NetBSD-SA2006-012 URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2006-q2/0014.html OSVDB:24578 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/24578~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1015908 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015908 SECUNIA:19615 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19615 XF:bsd-siocgifalias-ioctl-dos(25766) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25766
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060417	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060417)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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