CVE-2006-2446 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-2446
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Description: Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA21465 Secunia Advisory: SA22082 Secunia Advisory: SA22093 Secunia Advisory: SA22417 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html MISC MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm BID 19475

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