CVE - CVE-2006-2448

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-2448	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17, when running on PowerPC, does not perform certain required access_ok checks, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems (signal_64.c) and cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read kernel memory on 32-bit systems (signal_32.c).
References
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MISC:18616 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18616 MISC:2006-0037 URL:~~http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037~~ (Obsolete source - check if archived by the Wayback Machine) MISC:20060623 rPSA-2006-0110-1 kernel URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded MISC:20703 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20703 MISC:20831 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20831 MISC:20991 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20991 MISC:21179 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 MISC:21465 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 MISC:21498 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21498 MISC:22417 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 MISC:ADV-2006-2451 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2006:0575 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2006:042 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2006:047 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html MISC:USN-311-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1 MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm MISC:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080 URL:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194215 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194215 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10040 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10040
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20060518	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 (20060518)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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