Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-2629

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.
Published 2006-05-27 10:02:00
Updated 2017-07-20 01:31:38
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service

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Threat overview for CVE-2006-2629

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-2629
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152
IPs affected by CVE-2006-2629 374
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2629

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-2629

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.0
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
1.9
6.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2006-2629

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