CVE-2006-3635 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local users can crash the system via a crafted application exploiting RSE state mishandling in the Linux kernel ia64 subsystem.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-3635?

CVE-2006-3635 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ia64 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3635?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3635?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-3635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3635 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-gh42-fwm7-v7mh.

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