CVE - CVE-2006-4342

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-4342	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.
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:22497 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 MISC:23064 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 MISC:RHSA-2006:0710 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html MISC:VU#245984 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984 MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9649 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9649
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20060824	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 (20060824)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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