National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5649
Original release date:12/14/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.1
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (06/10/2007)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 did not ship for PowerPC architecture.
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External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-395-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1237
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1233
External Source: BID
Name: 21523
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:079
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23474
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23395
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23384
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23370
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23361