CVE-2006-1862 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-1862
NOTE: The text on this page is written by CVE MITRE and reflects neither the opinions of Secunia or the results of our research. All data on this page is written and maintained by CVE MITRE.

Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2006-1862

Description: The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA20237 Secunia Advisory: SA21745 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html OSVDB 31663 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

Return to the previous page.