CVE - CVE-2006-3741

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-3741	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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).
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20361 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20361 MISC:22279 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22279 MISC:22292 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 MISC:22382 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22382 MISC:22945 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 MISC:23370 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 MISC:23474 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 MISC:ADV-2006-3937 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1233 URL:http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 MISC:MDKSA-2006:182 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDKSA-2007:025 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2006:0689 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2006:079 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html MISC:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360 URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204360 MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm MISC:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6 URL:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6 MISC:kernel-sysperfmon-dos(29384) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29384 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11250 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20060720	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 (20060720)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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