CVE-2006-4997

security flaw

Published Oct 9, 2006 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 5.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1233-1 New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1237-1 New Linux 2.4.27 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-395-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22253 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22762 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23788 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24288 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017526 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe26109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0012.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20363 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3999 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29387 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4997 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10388 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4997 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:32 PM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2006, 4:06 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 12, 2006, 12:00 AM