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CVE-2006-4538

Medium
4.9/10

Summary

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published