National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4814

Overview

The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 21663

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21663

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1503

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1304

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-416-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0787

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0211

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:018

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:060

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:040

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.6

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.6

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2222

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-5082

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/5082

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33280

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31246

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31246

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30110

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30110

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29058

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25714

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25714

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25691

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24482

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24206

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24100

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24100

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24098

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23997

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23609

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23609

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23436

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23436

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0014

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:060

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:040

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040