Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-1859
Memory leak in __setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified actions related to an "uninitialised return value," aka "slab leak."
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1859
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.07%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 30 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-1859
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
3.9
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-1859
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
USN-302-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7;hp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34;hb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618;f=fs/locks.c
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
Products affected by CVE-2006-1859
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*